Daily roadside BTEX concentrations in East Asia measured by the Lanwatsu, Radiello and Ultra I SKS passive samplers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 441, Issue , 2012, Pages 248-257

  Lan, Tran Thi Ngoc ^a   Binh, Nguyen Thi Thanh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benzene; BTEX; East Asia; Passive sampler; Roadside air

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; BENZENE CONCENTRATION; BTEX; EAST ASIA; MALAYSIA; NANJING; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SINGAPORE; VIET NAM;

AIR POLLUTION; ETHYLBENZENE; ROADSIDES; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BENZENE;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; VALIDATION STUDY; VIET NAM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; FLAME IONIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84868223366     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.086     Document Type: Article

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