Urban air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 4877-4900

  Fenger, Jes ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

City planning; Global growth; Lead; Legislation; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Particles; Sulphur dioxide; Traffic; Urban air pollution; Urbanisation; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; EXHAUST GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEAD; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOOT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN PLANNING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AIR QUALITY;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0033237879     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00290-3     Document Type: Review

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