Toward a biologically significant and usable standard for ozone that will also protect plants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Paoletti, Elena ^a   Manning, William J ^b  

^a IPP CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Ozone effect; Risk assessment; Tropospheric ozone; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY;

FLUX CONCEPT; OZONE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDEX METHOD; OZONE; PHYTOTOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPOSPHERE; VEGETATION COVER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ASIA; BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OZONE LAYER; PLANT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35348873700     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.037     Document Type: Review

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