Volatile aromatic hydrocarbons and dicarboxylic acid concentrations in air at an urban site in the Southwestern US

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1845-1852

  Tran, Ngoc K ^a   Steinberg, Spencer M ^a   Johnson, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Hydrocarbon oxidation; Photochemistry; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

THERMAL DESORPTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0033823895     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00071-0     Document Type: Article

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