Levels, sources and health risks of carbonyls and BTEX in the ambient air of Beijing, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-130

  Zhang, Yujie ^a,b   Mu, Yujing ^a   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Mellouki, Abdelwahid ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Beijing; BTEX; Carbonyls; Exposure and risk assessment; Sources

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BEIJING; BEIJING , CHINA; BTEX; CANCER RISK; CARBONYLS; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIFE-TIMES; MAXIMAL VALUES; MINIMAL VALUE; O-XYLENE; P-XYLENE; SAMPLING SITE;

BENZENE; DISEASES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

HEALTH RISKS;

2 XYLENE; 2-XYLENE; 3 XYLENE; 3-XYLENE; 4-XYLENE; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; CARBONYL COMPOUND; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84862938639     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60735-3     Document Type: Article

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