Spatial/temporal variations and source apportionment of VOCs monitored at community scale in an urban area

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Chang Ho ^a   Zhu, Xianlei ^b   Fan, Zhi Hua ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 BUTANONE; ACETYLENE; BENZENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; SEASON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84899767418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095734     Document Type: Article

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