Comprehensive environmental impact assessment of exempt volatile organic compounds in California

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-593

  Luo, Dongmin ^a   Corey, Richard ^a   Propper, Ralph ^a   Collins, James ^b   Komorniczak, Anna ^a   Davis, Monique ^a   Berger, Nicholas ^a   Lum, Susan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^b California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric reactivity; Environmental impact assessment; Fluorinated hydrocarbons; Methyl formate; Tert Butyl acetate; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; METHYLFORMATE; TERT BUTYL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959982320     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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