Comparison of outdoor and indoor mobile source-related volatile organic compounds between low- and high-floor apartments

Environmental Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-171

  Jo, Wan Kuen ^a   Kim, Ki Young ^a   Park, Kun Ho ^a   Kim, Yoo Keun ^b   Lee, Hwa Woon ^b   Park, Jong Kil ^c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apartment floor; Motor vehicle emission; Parking lot; Roadways; Vertical proximity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BUILDING; EXHAUST EMISSION; INDOOR AIR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; EXHAUST GAS; HOUSEHOLD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038202919     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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