Emissions of Total Volatile Organic Compounds from Anthropogenic Sources in India

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 93-105

  Varshney, Chandra K ^a   Padhy, Pratap Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions; Hydrocarbons; Ozone; Total volatile organic compounds (tvocs); VOC emissions inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002586034     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1998.2.4.93     Document Type: Article

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