Atmospheric levels of aldehydes and BTEX and their relationship with vehicular fleet changes in Rio de Janeiro urban area

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2096-2103

  Martins, Eduardo Monteiro ^a   Arbilla, Graciela ^a   Bauerfeldt, Glauco Favilla ^b   Paula, Murilo de ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Analytical Solution   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Aldehydes; BTEX; Vehicular emissions

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; NATURAL GAS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG); GASOLINE COMPOSITION; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; BUTANALADEHYDE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; META XYLENE; METHANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PENTANALDEHYDE; PROPANALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; NATURAL GAS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACETALDEHYDE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; BTEX; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; NATURAL GAS; TOLUENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO DE JANEIRO [RIO DE JANEIRO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA; TIJUCA;

EID: 33947222057     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.09.088     Document Type: Article

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