Ambient levels of volatile organic compounds in the vicinity of petrochemical industrial area of Yokohama, Japan

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-75

  Tiwari, Vasu ^a   Hanai, Yoshimichi ^a   Masunaga, Shigeki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BTEX; Health risk; Interspecific ratio; Ozone formation potential; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMBIENT AIR; DIURNAL VARIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OZONE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SAMPLING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; YOKOHAMA;

EID: 77951879000     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-009-0052-0     Document Type: Article

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