Gas-particle partitioning of persistent organic pollutants in the Western Balkan countries affected by war conflicts

• Authors: RADONIC Jelena; TURK Maja; VOJINOVIC MILORADOV Mirjana; ČUPR Pavel; KLÁNOVÁ Jana
• Year of publication: 2009
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Air pollution and control
• Keywords: Persistent organic pollutants Ambient air High volume sampling Gas-particle partitioning
• Description: Experimental values of particle-associated fraction were compared to the Junge-Pankow model. Interestingly, a model for urban/industrial environments provided better prediction of partitioning behavior than a model for background and rural background sites. That is probably because the total amount of the atmospheric particles is higher in Balkan region than in the previously published studies.

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