The chemical composition of atmospheric ultrafine particles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1775, 2000, Pages 2581-2592

  Cass, Glen R ^a   Hughes, Lara A ^b   Bhave, Prakash ^b   Kleeman, Michael J ^c   Allen, Jonathan O ^b   Salmon, Lynn G ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric concentration; Chemical composition; Emissions rate; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346041691     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0670     Document Type: Article

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