BTX air pollution in Zabrze, Poland

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 785-791

  Pyta, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality monitoring; Benzene; BTX; Urban background

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750987647     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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