Significance of population centers as sources of gaseous and dissolved PAHs in the lower Great Lakes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7789-7797

  McDonough, Carrie A ^a   Khairy, Mohammed A ^a,b   Muir, Derek C G ^c   Lohmann, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; URBAN GROWTH;

AIR-WATER EXCHANGE; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MEASURE CONCENTRATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POPULATION CENTERS; SUBCOOLED LIQUID; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

LAKES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; LAKE POLLUTION; PAH; SAMPLER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GAS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; RURAL POPULATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; LAKES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOLUBILITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904430237     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501074r     Document Type: Article

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