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Chemistry in Industry : Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Croatia, Vol. 69 No. 13 (special issue), 2020.

Conference paper

https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2020.028

Comparison of PAH Mass Concentrations in Aerosols of the Middle Adriatic Coast Area and Central Croatia

Ivana Jakovljević ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health Ksaverska c. 2 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zdravka Sever Štrukil ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health Ksaverska c. 2 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Pehnec ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health Ksaverska c. 2 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Bešlić ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health Ksaverska c. 2 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Andrea Milinković ; Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, Zagreb, Croatia
Saranda Bakija Alempijević orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-9334 ; Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Frka Milosavljević ; Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are considered priority pollutants due to their distribution, persistence, bioaccumulation, and adverse effects on human health. The aim of this study was to obtain the first insight into PAHs mass concentrations bound to airborne particulate matter (PM) in the mid Adriatic coast area of Croatia, and compare them with the PAH levels in Croatia’s urban central area. Relatively low values of PAH mass concentrations were measured in the coastal area, compared to the continental urban region of Croatia impacted by increased emissions due to intensive traffic, industry, and residential heating. A high PM10 contribution of four-ring PAHs (Flu and Pyr) at Martinska site indicated that wood burning heating as well as open fire events, including waste incineration, could be important emission sources of PAHs in the mid Adriatic coast region.




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Keywords

air pollution; PAH; HPLC; BaP; particulate matter; coastal Croatia

Hrčak ID:

247628

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/247628

Publication date:

14.12.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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