Levels and composition of volatile organic compounds on commuting routes in Detroit, Michigan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 39-40, 2002, Pages 6015-6030

  Batterman, Stuart A ^a   Peng, Chung Yu ^b   Braun, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Commuting; Exposure; Traffic; Vehicles; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

TEMPORAL VARIATION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 2 METHYL PENTANE; 3,4 XYLENE; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PENTANE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUTING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; CAR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036882658     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00770-7     Document Type: Article

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