Research Article
Determination of the Sampler Type and Rainfall Effect on the Deposition Fluxes of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Table 3
Atmospheric concentrations of PCBs at various locations.
| | Location | | Period | n* | Concentration (pg/m3) | Reference |
| | Paris, France | (Urban) | 1989-1990 | 12 | 2000–6000 | [3] | | Cumbria, UK | (Coastal) | 1996-1997 | 52 | 318 | [27] | | Athens, Greece | (Urban) |
2000 July |
38 | 344.9 |
[4] | | (Coastal) | 181.1 | | Thessaloniki, Greece | (Rural) | March 1999 |
6 | 0.5–29.2 |
[28] | | (Semirural) | October 1999 | 0.5–15.6 | | Zagreb, Croatia |
(Urban) | June 1999 |
20 | 8.2–968.6 (gas) |
[29] | | February 2000 | 11.2–859.1 (particle) | | Madrid, Spain |
(Urban) | February 1998 |
31 |
120–4300 |
[30] | | June 1998 | | Stockholm, Sweden | (Urban) | 1991–1996 | 63 | 3300–6800 |
[31] | | Ansung, Korea |
(Rural) | July 1999 |
38 |
6.13–71.9 |
[23] | | June 2000 | | Venice Lagoon |
(Urban) | August 2002 |
54 | 421 (gas) |
[24] | | September 2002 | 11 (particle) | | Elm Road, England |
(Semirural) | April 1999 |
12 |
252 (gas + particle) |
[32] | | July 2000 | | Chicago, USA |
(Urban) | June 1995 |
50 | 1820 (gas) |
[12] | | October 1995 | 90 (particle) | | Eordea, Greece |
(Industrial) | January 2001 |
8 |
0.04–103 (particle) |
[25] | | June 2001 | | Yokohama, Japan |
(Urban) | March 2002 |
12 | 62–250 (gas + particle) |
[26] | | February 2003 | | Uludag University Campus, Turkey |
(Semirural) | July 2004 |
24 | (gas) |
[33] | | May 2005 | (particle) | | Yavuzselim, Turkey |
(Residential) | June 2008 |
83 | 3 (gas) |
This study | | June 2009 | (particle) |
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