Indoor/ambient residential air toxics results in rural western Montana

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Ward, Tony J ^a   Underberg, Heidi ^b   Jones, David ^c   Hamilton Jr , Raymond F ^a   Adams, Earle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Big Sky High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; GC MS; Northern Rockies; Thermal desorption; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLINGS; AIR TOXICS; AMBIENT AIRS; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; AMBIENT ENVIRONMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRIES; GC/MS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; LOW FLOWS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MONTANA; NORTHERN ROCKIES; TARGET ANALYTES; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SORPTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; THERMAL POLLUTION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; BROMOFORM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; CUMENE; ETHYLBENZENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RURAL AREA; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONTANA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349185020     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0342-2     Document Type: Article

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