Reply to Ahad et al.: Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the athabasca oil sands region is still a work in progress

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2014, Pages

  Parajulee, Abha ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; LETTER; LOW TEMPERATURE; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAR SAND; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; MINING; NOTE; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84902598340     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407641111     Document Type: Letter

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