Indoor and outdoor air ions and aerosol particles in the urban atmosphere of Helsinki: Characteristics, sources and formation

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-310

  Hirsikko, Anne ^a   Yli Juuti, Taina ^a   Nieminen, Tuomo ^a   Vartiainen, Eija ^a   Laakso, Lauri ^a   Hussein, Tareq ^a,b   Kulmala, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 34547320530     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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