An approach for determining air pollution monitoring sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 2640-2645

  Ferradás, Enrique González ^a   Miñarro, Marta Doval ^a   Morales Terrés, Isabel María ^a   Marzal Martínez, Francisco José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution monitoring sites; Benzene

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION MONITORING SITES; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; EC DIRECTIVES; EMISSION SOURCES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEASURING POINTS; MEMBER STATE;

AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MONITORING;

BENZENE; HEXANE; TOLUENE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TRAFFIC;

MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 77953495718     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.044     Document Type: Article

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