Monitoring of NO2 in the ambient air with passive samplers before and after a road reconstruction event

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-98

  Stranger, Marianne ^a,b   Krata, Agnieszka ^b   Kontozova Deutsch, Velichka ^b   Bencs, László ^b,c   Deutsch, Felix ^b,d   Worobiec, Anna ^b   Naveau, Inge ^e   Roekens, Edward ^e   Van Grieken, René ^b  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^e Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ion chromatography; Nitrogen dioxide; Passive sampler; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049113843     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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