Isocyanatocyclohexane and isothiocyanatocyclohexane levels in urban and industrial areas and possible emission-related activities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 37, 2007, Pages 8228-8240

  Gallego, E ^a   Roca, F X ^a   Perales, F ^a   Ribes, A ^a   Carrera, G ^a   Guardino, X ^b   Berenguer, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Ambient air; Immission level; Isocyanatocyclohexane; Isothiocyanaotcyclohexane; TD GC MS; VOC

Indexed keywords

IMMISSION LEVEL; ISOCYANATOCYCLOHEXANE; ISOTHIOCYANAOTCYCLOHEXANE;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ISOCYANATOCYCLOHEXANE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOTHIOCYANATOCYCLOHEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; DESORPTION; FIELD EMISSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36048939775     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.036     Document Type: Article

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