Comparison of naphthalene ambient air sampling & analysis methods at former manufactured gas plant (MGP) remediation sites

Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-15

  Fortune, Alyson ^c   Gendron, Leo ^b   Tuday, Michael ^a  

^a Columbia Analytical Services Air Quality Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b AECOM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fenceline air monitoring; Naphthalene; Perimeter air monitoring; TO 13A; TO 15

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954701148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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