Source characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by using their molecular indices: An overview of possibilities

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 234, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-133

  Stogiannidis, Efstathios ^a,b   Laane, Remi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Greece)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WATER POLLUTANT;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84921809664     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10638-0_2     Document Type: Article

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