The fate of BTEX compounds in ambient air

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 455-472

  Słomińska, Marta ^a   Konieczka, Piotr ^a   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

BTEX; degradation; environmental fate; photochemical reactions; photochemical smog; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893854175     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2012.728808     Document Type: Article

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