Distribution of volatile organic compounds in ambient air of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 43-56

  Hong, Yu Jue ^a   Jeng, Hueiwang Anna ^b   Gau, Yang Yen ^a   Lin, Chitsan ^c   Lee, I Long ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benzene; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES;

ACETONE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETONE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC; WEATHER; WIND;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 33746706170     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9003-x     Document Type: Article

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