Long-term monitoring and seasonal analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) measured over a decade in the ambient air of Porto, Portugal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 439-448

  Albuquerque, M ^a   Coutinho, M ^a   Borrego, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ambient air concentrations; Diagnostic ratios; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Profiles; Seasonality; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COAL COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; TOXICITY; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PROFILES; SEASONALITY;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[J]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; COAL; DIBENZ[AH]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[123 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METROPOLITAN AREA; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONALITY; TOXICITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARCINOGENICITY; COMBUSTION; EUROPEAN; GAS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LAW; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TOXICITY TESTING; TREND STUDY; WINTER; WOOD; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84947460339     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.064     Document Type: Article

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