Volatile organic compounds in a multi-storey shopping mall in guangzhou, South China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 38, 2005, Pages 7374-7383

  Tang, Jianhui ^a,b   Chan, C Y ^b   Wang, Xinming ^a   Chan, L Y ^b   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Indoor air quality; Indoor microenvironments; Shopping mall; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CHLORINATION; CLEANING; LEATHER; TOLUENE;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR MICROENVIRONMENTS; SHOPPING MALL;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; MARKET; MICROENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27544450311     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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