Techniques for High-Quality Ambient Coarse Particle Mass Measurements

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 133-141

  Allen, George A ^a   Oh, Jung A Annie ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Sioutas, Costas ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032876389     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1999.10463893     Document Type: Article

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