Publication Date:
1997-05-16
Description:
Tropospheric air pollution has impacts on scales ranging from local to global. Reactive intermediates in the oxidation of mixtures of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) play central roles: the hydroxyl radical (OH), during the day; the nitrate radical (NO3), at night; and ozone (O3), which contributes during the day and night. Halogen atoms can also play a role during the day. Here the implications of the complex VOC-NOx chemistry for O3 control are discussed. In addition, OH, NO3, and O3 are shown to play a central role in the formation and fate of airborne toxic chemicals, mutagenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and fine particles.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Finlayson-Pitts, B J -- Pitts, J N Jr -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 May 16;276(5315):1045-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9148793" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Aerosols
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*Air Pollutants/analysis
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*Air Pollution/prevention & control
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Carcinogens/analysis/chemistry
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Mutagens/analysis/chemistry
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Oxidation-Reduction
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*Ozone/analysis/chemistry
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Particle Size
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*Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
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Risk Assessment
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United States
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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