Ozone and urban forests in Italy

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1506-1512

  Paoletti, Elena ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality; EU Directive; Tropospheric ozone; UFORE; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MIXTURES; EU DIRECTIVE; FOREST CONDITIONS; FOREST HEALTHS; HUMAN HEALTHS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; OZONE LEVELS; SUBURBAN SITES; TREE SPECIES; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; UFORE; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN FORESTS; URBAN SITES; VOC EMISSIONS;

HEALTH; OZONE; POLLUTION; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OZONE; RURAL AREA; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CITY; CITY PLANNING; FOREST; HEALTH; HUMAN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; OZONE LAYER; PROTECTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; OZONE; TREES; URBAN HEALTH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BARI [PUGLIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 63249088760     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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