@ARTICLE{Zaciera_Marzena_Environmental_2009, author={Zaciera, Marzena and Mniszek, Wojciech and Kurek, Jolanta}, volume={vol.35}, number={No 4}, pages={35-43}, journal={Archives of Environmental Protection}, howpublished={online}, year={2009}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, abstract={Nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) may be formed during combustion of Diesel and gasoline rud and may be produced in gas-phase reactions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with oxides of nitrogen. These compounds can form a significant fraction olthc mainly direct-acting mutagenie compounds present in extracts of ambient air particles. Using own analytical method of nitro-PAHs determination, concentrations or total PAHs, nitro- and dinitro-PAHs in urban and non-urban area of three cites of Upper Silesia in Poland were measured. The dependence between concentration of PAHs and nitro-pAHs in urban and non-urban area as well as their distribution depending on roadway distance were searched. The study showed a significant influence of road transport on the levels ofnitro-PAHs concentration.}, type={Article}, title={Environmental Levels of Nitro-PAHs in Total Suspended Particulate Matter in Upper Silesia (Poland)}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/122973/PDF-MASTER/5_AE_VOL_35_4_2009_Zaciera_Environmental.pdf}, keywords={Nitro-PAHs, total suspended particulate matter (TSP), ambient air particulate}, }