Ambient air levels of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in a medium size city in Northern Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 999-1009

  Parra, M A ^a   Elustondo, D ^a   Bermejo, R ^a   Santamaria J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Passive sampling; Spatial variation; Traffic; Urban atmosphere; VOC

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DESORPTION; ETHYLBENZENE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SUN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

PASSIVE SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOC;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PROPYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUMMER; TRAFFIC;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SEASONS; SPAIN; TOLUENE; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 57049149032     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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