Monitoring with the use of passive samplers - A useful source of information for the mapping and modelling of urban atmosphere pollution

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-290

  Urbanowicz, Magdalena ^a   Zabiegała, Bozena ^a   Partyka, Monika ^a   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a   Orłowski, Cezary ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air quality monitoring; Benzene; Ethylbenzene; Passive dosimetry; Pollution mapping; Toluene; Xylenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848833902     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2007.014635     Document Type: Article

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