Concentrations of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and particulate matter in buses on highways in Taiwan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 5723-5730

  Hsu, Der Jen ^a   Huang, Hsiao Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide (CO2); Carbon monoxide (CO); Highways; Long distance bus; Particulate matter (PM); Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; DRIVING SPEED; GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; LEVEL SET; LONG-DISTANCE BUS; OUTDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER (PM); PASSENGER MOVEMENTS; RE-SUSPENSION; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; SUBMICRON; URBAN BUS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ETHYLBENZENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

BUSES;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BTEX; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70949102256     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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