Assessment of benzene and toluene emissions from automobile exhaust in Bangkok

Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Muttamara, S ^a   Leong, Shing Tet ^a   Lertvisansak, I ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benzene; Toluene; Unleaded gasoline; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; HYDROCARBON; LEAD; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

BENZENE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOLUENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; EFFLUENT; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BANGKOK; THAILAND;

EID: 0345085601     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3941     Document Type: Article

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