Levels and source apportionment of volatile organic compounds in southwestern area of Mexico City

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1038-1044

  Rodolfo Sosa, E ^a   Humberto Bravo, A ^a   Violeta Mugica, A ^b   Pablo Sanchez, A ^a   Emma Bueno, L ^c   Krupa, Sagar ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Mass Balance; Mexico City; Source apportionment; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; FUEL EVAPORATIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; MEXICO CITY; N BUTANES; REFUELING STATIONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

ACETYLENE; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BENZENE; BUTANE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; FULLERENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHTING; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PARAFFINS; PROPANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETYLENE; BUTANE; GASOLINE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTANE; PROPANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ACETYLENE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPORATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROPANE; TOLUENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO;

ACETYLENE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; BUTANES; CARCINOGENS; CITIES; GASOLINE; HOUSING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEXICO; PENTANES; PROPANE; TOLUENE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58249136175     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.051     Document Type: Article

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