Commuter exposure to BTEX in public transportation modes in Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-404

  Ongwandee, Maneerat ^a   Chavalparit, Orathai ^b  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benzene; Commuting; Public transportation; Vehicle exhaust

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; BANGKOK; BANGKOK , THAILAND; BUS ROUTE; COMMUTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETERS; IN-VEHICLE; MEASUREMENTS AND MONITORING; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; P-VALUES; P-XYLENE; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SORBENT TUBES; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TRANSPORTATION MODE; WILCOXON RANK SUM TEST;

AIR CONDITIONING; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BOATS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; CHARCOAL; ETHYLBENZENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTIVES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RAILROAD CARS; SORPTION; TOLUENE; VEHICLES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

BUSES;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

BTEX; COMMUTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXHAUST EMISSION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION MODE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; THAILAND; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; TOLUENE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; THAILAND;

EID: 77952935620     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60121-2     Document Type: Article

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