Migration and fate of persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere - A modelling approach

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-761

  Smaranda, Camelia ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Intermedia transport; Long range transport potential; Multimedia models; Multiple compartment models

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649104467     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2008.100     Document Type: Article

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