Regional transport, source apportionment and health impact of PM10 bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Singapore's atmosphere

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 229, Issue , 2017, Pages 984-993

  Urbančok, Dejan ^a   Payne, Anthony J R ^a   Webster, Richard D ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Health risk assessment; Particulate matter PM10; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; INDONESIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; SMOKE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDONESIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 85027547645     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.086     Document Type: Article

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