Evaluation of air quality in Volta Redonda, the main metallurgical industrial city in Brazil

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 856-864

  Gioda, Adriana ^a,b   Sales, José A ^c   Cavalcanti, Paulina M S ^c   Maia, Marilza F ^c   Maia, Luiz F P G ^a   Aquino Neto, Francisco R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOINVILLE REGION   (Brazil)

^c DIAAR/FEEMA Governo do Estado do R   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; BTX; Outdoor air; Particulate matter; Steel industry

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; STEEL;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CITY; COKING INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MEASUREMENT; METALLURGY;

EID: 12744281486     PISSN: 01035053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-50532004000600012     Document Type: Article

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