Volatile organic compounds in air at urban and industrial areas in the Tarragona region by thermal desorption and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 389-402

  Ras, Maria Rosa ^a   Marcé, Rosa Maria ^a   Borrull, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air monitorization; Industrial areas; Multisorbent tubes; Petrochemical industry; Thermal desorption; Urban areas; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANNUAL TRENDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL SITES; LEVELS OF DETECTIONS; MONITORIZATION; N-PENTANE; O-XYLENE; OZONE PRECURSORS; P-XYLENE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE COMPOSITIONS; SAMPLED SITES; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SITE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OZONE; PARAFFINS; PETROCHEMICALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PENTANE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PENTANES; SPAIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

CATALONIA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; TARRAGONA [TARRAGONA (PRV)];

EID: 74349091449     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0755-6     Document Type: Article

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