Source apportionment of atmospheric PAHs and their toxicity using PMF: Impact of gas/particle partitioning

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-120

  Gao, Bo ^a,b   Wang, Xin Ming ^a   Zhao, Xiu Ying ^a   Ding, Xiang ^a   Fu, Xiao Xin ^a   Zhang, Yan Li ^a   He, Quan Fu ^a   Zhang, Zhou ^a   Liu, Teng Yu ^a   Huang, Zou Zhao ^c   Chen, Lai Guo ^b   Peng, Yan ^d   Guo, Hai ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Guangzhou Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

PAHs; Partitioning; PM2.5; Source apportionment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COAL COMBUSTION; FACTORIZATION; RISK PERCEPTION; TOXICITY;

GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; GAS/PARTICLE PARTITIONING; PARTICLE PHASE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTITIONING; PM2.5; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CHRYSENE; COAL; FLUORANTHENE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOMASS BURNING; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GAS PHASE REACTION; PAH; PARTITIONING; SAMPLING; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; TRACER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COMBUSTION; GAS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODEL; TOXICITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84918778460     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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