Comparative assessment of ambient air quality in two typical Mediterranean coastal cities in Greece

Chemosphere

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1125-1136

  Riga Karandinos, Antonia Nelly ^a   Saitanis, Constantine ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Monthly variation; NOx, SO 2, CO, O3; Seasonal variation; Urban pollution; Weekend effect

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DIURNAL PATTERNS; HUMAN HEALTH; OZONE ACCUMULATION; THRESHOLD VALUES;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GREECE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17044373153     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.059     Document Type: Article

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