Particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the Atmosphere of Bizerte City, Tunisia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 375-382

  Ben Hassine, S ^a   Hammami, B ^a   Ben Ameur, W ^a   El Megdiche, Y ^a   Barhoumi, B ^a   Driss, M R ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene equivalent toxicity (BaP TEQ); Diagnostic ratios; HPLC FLD; Particle associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Sources; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIZATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERAL OILS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TOXICITY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BENZO(A)PYRENE EQUIVALENT; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; HPLC-FLD; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); TUNISIA;

PYRENE;

CARCINOGEN; CHRYSENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; TUNISIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CARCINOGENS; CHRYSENES; CITIES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; TUNISIA; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84906950672     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1303-9     Document Type: Article

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