Exposure assessment of volatile organic compounds from water in Taiwan metropolitan and petrochemical areas

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 708-714

  Kuo, H W ^a   Chiang, T F ^a   Lo, I I ^a   Chan, C C ^b   Lai, J S ^a   Wang, J D ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,3 DICHLOROPROPENE; ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; MINERAL WATER; OZONE; TAP WATER; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; TAIWAN; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TAIWAN; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030846851     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900538     Document Type: Article

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