PCDD/PCDF and dl-PCB in the ambient air of a tropical Andean city: Passive and active sampling measurements near industrial and vehicular pollution sources

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-74

  Cortes J ^a   Gonzalez C M ^a   Morales, L ^b   Abalos, M ^b   Abad, E ^b   Aristizabal B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dioxin like PCB (dl PCB); Passive air sampling (PAS); Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxin (PCDD); Polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF)

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE INCINERATION;

DIOXIN LIKE-PCB (DL-PCB); PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; EXHAUST GAS; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; POLYMER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METROPOLITAN AREA; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; AIR QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ACTIVE AIR SAMPLING; AIR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLING; POLLUTION MONITORING;

CALDAS; COLOMBIA; MANIZALES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZOFURANS; CITIES; COLOMBIA; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84903541580     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.113     Document Type: Article

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