Low molecular weight carboxylic acids in an urban atmosphere: Winter measurements in Sao Paulo City, Brazil

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2563-2574

  Souza, Silvia R ^a   Vasconcellos, Pérola C ^a   Carvalho, Lilian R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric carboxylic acids; Gas phase; Latin American city

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS PHASE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WINTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033167882     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00383-5     Document Type: Article

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