Indoor and outdoor carbonyl compounds and BTEX in the hospitals of Guangzhou, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 574-584

  Lü, Huixiong ^a,b   Wen, Sheng ^a   Feng, Yanli ^a   Wang, Xinming ^a   Bi, Xinhui ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a,c   Fu, Jiamo ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BTEX; Carbonyl compounds; Exposure; Hospitals; Sources

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; HOSPITALS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BTEX (BENZENE, TOLUENE, ETHYLBENZENE AND XYLENES); CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; EXPOSURE; SOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

2 BUTANONE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; BENZENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; CARBONYL COMPOUND; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALDEHYDES; BENZENE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 33746616042     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.044     Document Type: Article

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