Petroleum Contamination of An Elementary School: A Case History Involving Air, Soil-Gas, and Groundwater Monitoring

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 185-192

  Moseley, Clifford L ^a   Meyer, Michael R ^b  

^a US Public Health Service ^*  (Georgia)

^b Geotek Engineering and Testing Services Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS WASTE; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0026601493     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es00025a023     Document Type: Article

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