Measurement of fine, coarse and ultrafine particles

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-355

  Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a   Demokritou, Philip ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvard Impactor; Impactor; Multipollutant sampler; Particulate matter; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 1842586816     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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