Carbonyl compounds and BTEX in the special rooms of hospital in Guangzhou, China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 178, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 673-679

  Lü, Huixiong ^a,b,c   Cai, Quan Ying ^a,c   Wen, Sheng ^b   Chi, Yuguang ^b   Guo, Songjun ^b   Sheng, Guoying ^b   Fu, Jiamo ^b   Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Ecological Agriculture of Ministry of Agriculture   (China)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BTEX; Carbonyl compounds; Hospital; Indoor air; Potential sources

Indexed keywords

BTEX; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; MEDICAL APPLIANCE; OUTDOOR AIR; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SAMPLING SITE; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; HOSPITALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEDICINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

CARBONYLATION;

2 BUTANONE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZENE; BUTYRALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CROTONALDEHYDE; CYCLOHEXANONE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEXANAL; ISOVALERALDEHYDE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACETALDEHYDE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; CARBONYL COMPOUND; EMISSION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARBAGE ROOM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; LAUNDRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUPPLY ROOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHINA; HOSPITALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLVENTS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 77951498282     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.01.138     Document Type: Article

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