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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous in the urban atmosphere and the atmospheric pollutants to be identified as the most suspected carcinogens. In early measurements of urban PAH concentrations in Tehran area, the correlation between concentrations of different species indicated that automobiles were the predominant source of emission of PAHs in this city. From the diagnostic ratios, the results indicated that PAHs in the ambient air in Tehran originate primarily from diesel and gasoline engines, but contribution of the related diesel emission is apparently higher, or dominant, at the sampling sites and therefore considered as the major emission of PAHs in the ambient air.
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Halek, F., Kianpour-rad, M. & Kavousi, A. Characterization and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient air (Tehran, Iran). Environ Chem Lett 8, 39–44 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-008-0188-4
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