Source Type Evaluation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Surface Sediments from the Muar River and Pulau Merambong, Peninsular Malaysia

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-142

  Vaezzadeh, Vahab ^a   Pauzi Zakaria, Mohamad ^a   Tan Shau Hwai, Aileen ^b   Zaiton Ibrahim, Zelina ^a   Mustafa, Shuhaimi ^a   Keshavarzifard, Mehrzad ^a   Mohsen Magam, Sami ^a   Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher, Sadeq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

diagnostic ratios; Malaysia; petrogenic; pollution sources; pyrogenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930918151     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275922.2015.1022839     Document Type: Article

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