Volatile organic compounds in the environment: A multimedia perspective

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1261, Issue , 1996, Pages 7-32

  Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air water exchange; Emissions; Multimedia distribution; Multimedia exposure; Soil transport; Sources; VOCs; Volatilization; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AIR; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; HEALTH RISKS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER;

AIR WATER EXCHANGE; ECOLOGICAL RECEPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION; MULTIMEDIA EXPOSURE; SOIL TRANSPORT; VOLATILIZATION; WET DEPOSITION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0029701135     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp15457s     Document Type: Review

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