Environmental risk assessment and concentration trend of atmospheric volatile organic compounds in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-213

  Okada, Yasushi ^a,b   Nakagoshi, Akihiro ^a   Tsurukawa, Masahiro ^a   Matsumura, Chisato ^a   Eiho, Jiro ^a   Nakano, Takeshi ^a,b,c,d  

^a Hyogo Environmental Advancement Association   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Ethylene oxide; MIR; Photochemical oxidant; Reference concentration; Risk assessment; Unit risk; VOC

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JAPAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALDEHYDES; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JAPAN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI;

EID: 84855267091     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0550-0     Document Type: Article

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