Classification, analysis and interaction of solid airborne particles in urban environments

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 110, Issue , 2008, Pages 317-325

  Carinanos, P ^a   Galan, C ^b   Alcazar, P ^b   Dominguez, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; PM10 particles; Pollen grains; Solid suspended particles; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLEN; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ANDALUCIA; ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ANDALUCIA]; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; CORDOBA [CORDOBA (PRV)]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 58849156910     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ETOX080331     Document Type: Article

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