Trends in ground level ozone concentrations in the European Union

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 189-199

  De Leeuw, Frank A A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air quality; Ozone; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001146445     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(00)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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