Is vehicle exhaust a significant primary source of oxalic acid in ambient aerosols?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Xiao Feng ^a   Yu, Jian Zhen ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMBIENT AEROSOLS; OXALIC ACID; TUNNEL AEROSOL; VEHICLE EXHAUST; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; OXALIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 34548044454     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028457     Document Type: Article

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