Concentrations, Gas-Particle Partitioning, and Seasonal Variations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at Four Sites in Turkey

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-63

  Birgul, Askin ^a   Tasdemir, Yücel ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Engineering Faculty of Engineering ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSENE; COAL; FLUORANTHENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORANTHENE; GAS PHASE REACTION; HEATING; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITIONING; PHENANTHRENE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; GAS; HEATING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PHASE PARTITIONING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY;

BURSA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TURKEY;

EID: 84927172288     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0105-8     Document Type: Article

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