Environmental air levels of volatile organic compounds by thermal desorption-gas chromatography in an industrial region

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1999-2003

  Ergenekon, Pinar ^a   Öztürk, Naciye Kiliç ^a   Tavşan, Selim ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active sampling; BTEX; GC FID; Passive sampling; Thermal desorption; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; CANCER; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MORTALITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

GEBZE; KOCAELI [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 73649085465     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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