Monitoring of ambient volatile organic compounds at two urban sites in Hong Kong from 1997 to 1998

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 216-227

  Sina, Della W M ^a   Wonga, Y C ^a   Louie, Peter K K ^b  

^a Government Laboratory   (Hong Kong)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ambient volatile organic compounds; Benzene; Environmental monitoring; Ethylbenzene; Toluene; Toluene benzene ratio; Xylenes

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; BENZENE; DICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; METHYL CHLORIDE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034494893     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057510     Document Type: Article

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