Identification of regions with high ozone concentrations aiming the impact assessment on childhood asthma

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 610-622

  Sousa, S I V ^a   Pereira, M M C ^a   Martins, F G ^a   Alvim Ferraz, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Continuous monitoring; Ozone; Passive sampling; Remote areas; Urban area

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849138525     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030802074147     Document Type: Article

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