Volatile Organic Compounds: Characteristics, distribution and sources in urban schools

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 485-491

  Mishra, Nitika ^a   Bartsch, Jennifer ^b   Ayoko, Godwin A ^a   Salthammer, Tunga ^a,b   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient concentrations; Children; Personal exposure; Schools; Volatile Organic Compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CHILDREN; LEARNING PERFORMANCE; MITIGATION MEASURES; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SCHOOLS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; KETONE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ART; ARTICLE; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VARIMAX ROTATION;

EID: 84924102322     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.052     Document Type: Article

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