TVOCs and BTEX concentrations in the air of south pars special economic energy zone

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 133, 2016, Pages 236-244

  Keramati, Azam ^a   Nodehi, Ramin Nabizadeh ^a   Kalantary, Roshanak Rezaei ^b   Nazmara, Shahrokh ^a   Zahedi, Mir ^c   Azari, Ali ^a   Bahramifar, Hossein ^d   Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Pars Special Economic Energy Zone ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Activated carbon tubes; BTEX; Gas chromatography; TVOCs; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; CARBON DISULFIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84957709778     PISSN: 17359279     EISSN: 17359260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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