Variability of hazardous air pollutants in an urban area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3443-3456

  Spicer, Chester W ^a   Buxton, Bruce E ^a   Holdren, Michael W ^a   Smith, Deborah L ^a   Kelly, Thomas J ^a   Rust, Steven W ^a   Pate, Alan D ^a   Sverdrup, George M ^a   Chuang, Jane C ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Hazardous air pollutants; Measurement variability; Spatial variability; Temporal variability; Toxic air pollutants; Urban air pollution; Variability

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; CARBONYL COMPOUND; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT; HAZARDOUS POLLUTANT; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AIR QUALITY; URBAN POLLUTION; VARIABILITY; VOC; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHEMICALS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; HUMAN EXPOSURE; PARTICLE BOND EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MASS; URBAN AREA; VARIABILITY;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030251263     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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