Critical levels and critical loads as a tool for air quality management

Handbook of Atmospheric Science: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 562-602

  De Vries, Wim ^a   Posch, Maximilian ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY;

CRITICAL LEVEL; CRITICAL LOAD;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 48149101213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999318.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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