Non-methane hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of a Metropolitan City and a background site in South Korea: Sources and health risk potentials

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 7563-7573

  Choi, Eunhwa ^a   Choi, Kyungho ^b   Yi, Seung Muk ^b  

^a Korea Environment Corporation   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

(PSCF); Benzene; Non methane hydrocarbon (NMHC); Positive matrix factorization (PMF); Potential source contribution function; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860691428     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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