The source characterization and chemical change of ambient aromatic hydrocarbons

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-145

  Tanaka, Toshiyuki ^a   Samukawa, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automobile exhaust gases; Gas chromatograph; Photochemical aging; Source emission

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; HYDROCARBON; PHOTOCHEMICAL AGEING; RURAL AREA; SOURCE EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029662936     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00155-5     Document Type: Article

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