Measurement of volatile organic compounds by the US Environmental Protection Agency Compendium Method TO-17: Evaluation of performance criteria

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 813, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-111

  McClenny, William A ^a   Colón, Maribel ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorbents; Air analysis; Environmental analysis; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HYDROCARBONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 0031704997     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9673(98)00327-6     Document Type: Article

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