Portable GC/MS methods to evaluate sources of cvoc contamination in indoor air

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 113-119

  Gorder, Kyle A ^a   Dettenmaier, Erik M ^a  

^a Hill Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; EMISSION RATES; INDOOR AIR; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; PORTABLE GC; PRIMARY SOURCES; VAPOR INTRUSION; VAPOR SOURCES;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; INVESTMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURNAROUND TIME; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HILL AIR FORCE BASE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 80755163580     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2011.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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