Experimental measurements of C2-C5 and C6-C10 in urban area of Thessaloniki, Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 10 A, 2008, Pages 1594-1600

  Tzoumaka, Paraskevi N ^a   Kelessis, Apostolos G ^a   Petrakakis, Maximos J ^a   Samara, Constantina ^b   Papagiannopoulos, Nicholas M ^a   Zoumakis, Nicholas M ^c   Tzourelis, George ^a  

^a Environmental Department   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ambient hydrocarbon measurements; Gaseous phase chromatography; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROCARBON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 56849123304     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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