An environmental scoping study in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas - I. Comparative assessment of air sampling methods

Environment International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 611-628

  Mukerjee, Shaibal ^a   Ellenson, William D ^b   Lewis, Robert G ^a   Stevens, Robert K ^a   Somerville, Matthew C ^b   Shadwick, Douglas S ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PESTICIDES; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LRGVES; POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; SAMPLING METHOD;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

RIO GRANDE VALLEY; TEXAS; USA;

EID: 0030773931     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00065-2     Document Type: Article

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