title: [Profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in suspended particles of different cities in the Western Federal Republic of Germany (author's transl)].
abstract: The relative proportion of eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in suspended particles from several sampling stations with different level of air pollution (cities and rural districts) was investigated. The PAH-profiles of most samples collected in three winters (1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77) and in one summer (1975) were very similar. On the other hand the PAH-profiles differ distinctly from those of several exhausts, especially regarding automobiles, coke and oil stoves. It can be presumed, that the mixture of the emissions in the atmosphere leeds to a rather uniform relative proportion of the eight PAH in the immission as much as the difference in stability of the PAH.
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution; D005860:Germany, West; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011083:Polycyclic Compounds
vernacular_title: Profile von polyzyklischen aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffen in Immissionen verschiedener Schwebstoffsammelstationen in der westlichen Bundesrepublik Deutschland.