Current challenges in air sampling of semivolatile organic contaminants: Sampling artifacts and their influence on data comparability

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14077-14091

  Melymuk, Lisa ^a   Bohlin, Pernilla ^a   Sáňka, Ondřej ^a   Pozo, Karla ^a   Klánová, Jana ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACTIVE SAMPLERS; DATA COMPARABILITIES; METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; PARTICLE FRACTION; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SAMPLING ARTIFACTS; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SAMPLER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOUSING; HYDROPHILICITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STUDY DESIGN; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ARTIFACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARTIFACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84918506554     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502164r     Document Type: Article

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