Characterization of indoor and outdoor aerosols in a suburban area of Prague

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-47

  Smolik J ^a   Dohanyosova P ^a   Schwarz, J ^a   Zdimal V ^a   Lazaridis, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Indoor aerosol; Indoor sources; Outdoor aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUBURBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; PRAGUE;

EID: 38349179183     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-007-9141-y     Document Type: Article

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