Measurements and correlations of MTBE and BETX in traffic tunnels

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 763-775

  Hsieh, Lien Te ^a   Wang, Ya Fen ^b   Yang, Hsi Hsien ^c   Mi, Hsiao Hsuan ^d  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BTEX; Characteristic ratio; MTBE; Traffic; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

BTEX; CHARACTERISTIC RATIO; FRESH AIR; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; MTBE; P-XYLENE; SAMPLING PERIOD; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC TUNNELS;

ETHERS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TOLUENE; TUNNELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ETHYLBENZENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TUNNEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80053295717     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.03.0035     Document Type: Article

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