Ambient air levels of aromatic organic compounds in the urban area of Algiers, Algeria

Asian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 323-330

  Kerchich, Yacine ^a   Kerbachi, Rabah ^a   Khatraoui, Hicham ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Algeria; BTEX compounds; GC FID; Road traffic; VOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951665863     PISSN: 09707077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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