Seasonal effect and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 178-190

  Khan, Md Firoz ^a   Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Lim, Chee Hou ^a   Amil, Norhaniza ^a,b   Jaafar, Shoffian Amin ^a   Dominick, Doreena ^a   Mohd Nadzir, Mohd Shahrul ^a   Sahani, Mazrura ^a   Tahir, Norhayati Mohd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b University Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Health risk; Monsoon effect; PAH diagnostic ratio; Positive matrix factorization

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; CRUDE OIL; DICHLOROMETHANE; EXTRACTION; FACTORIZATION; FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBONS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; QUARTZ; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; MONSOON EFFECT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PAH DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION METHOD;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

COAL; DICHLOROMETHANE; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONALITY; SUBURBAN AREA;

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; LUNG CANCER; MALAYSIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; URBAN AREA;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84922658644     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.077     Document Type: Article

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