Characterization of volatile organic compounds in the vicinity of an optoelectronics industrial park in Taiwan

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-62

  Chang, Ta Yuan ^a   Lin, Shen Ju ^a   Shie, Ruei Hao ^b   Tsai, Shih Wei ^a   Hsu, Hui Tsung ^a   Tsai, Ching Tsan ^a   Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a   Chiang, Chow Feng ^a   Lai, Jim Shoung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ETHANOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINEAR REGRESSION; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MASS SELECTIVE DETECTORS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; TRAFFIC FLOW RATES;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; CYCLOHEXANONE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEASON; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEASONS; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEATHER;

EID: 77249150089     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.1.55     Document Type: Article

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