Volatile organic compounds in an urban airborne environment adjacent to a municipal incinerator, waste collection centre and sewage treatment plant

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 4309-4325

  Leach, J ^a   Blanch, A ^a   Bianchi, A C ^a  

^a Mar and Environ Sci Res Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne environment; Alkanes; Alkylbenzenes; Organohalogens; Organosulphides; Thermal desorption; Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYLBENZENE; BUTANE; CYCLOALKANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

SEWAGE TREATMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE FACILITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; INCINERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033001310     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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