Effect of surface ozone exposure on vegetation in the rural area of Aliartos, Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1387-1393

  Paliatsos, Athanasios G ^a   Koronakis, Pericles S ^a   Kaldellis, Ioannis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aliartos Greece; Ambient air pollution; AOT40 exposure index; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; OZONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; VEGETATION;

ALIARTOS; BOEOTIA; CENTRAL GREECE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845444129     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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