Contribution of harbour activities and ship traffic to PM2.5, particle number concentrations and PAHs in a port city of the Mediterranean Sea (Italy)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 9415-9429

  Donateo, Antonio ^a   Gregoris, Elena ^a,b   Gambaro, Andrea ^a,b   Merico, Eva ^a,b   Giua, Roberto ^c   Nocioni, Alessandra ^c   Contini, Daniele ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c ARPA Puglia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Harbour pollution; Particle number concentration; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Ship traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SHIP; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SHIPS; WIND;

EID: 84905695181     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2849-0     Document Type: Article

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