Use of passive diffusion tubes to monitor air pollutants

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-209

  Nash, David G ^a   Leith, David ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; GAS-PHASE POLLUTANTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PASSIVE DIFFUSIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONITORING; PASSIVE DIFFUSION TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 77749296047     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.2.204     Document Type: Article

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