Air pollution, climate and pollen comparisons in urban, rural and alpine regions in Switzerland (SAPALDIA study)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2411-2416

  Monn, Christian ^a   Alean Kirkpatrick, Pamela ^b   Künzli, Nino ^c   Defila, Claudio ^d   Peeters, Annie ^d   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^c   Leuenberger, Philippe ^e  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acidity; Air pollution; PM10; Pollen; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

POLLEN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITRITE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLEN;

ACIDITY; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033167848     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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