Isoprene from expired air inside a private car

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-67

  Björkqvist, Susan ^a   Spetz, Anders ^a   Ramnäs, Olle ^a   Petersson, Göran ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adsorbent sampling; Automobiles; Gas chromatography; Human breath; Isoprene

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; EXPIRED AIR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR; BREATH TESTS; BUTADIENES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HEMITERPENES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; PENTANES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0343052543     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00248-9     Document Type: Article

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