Characterization of urban particulate matter for a health-related study in southern Finland

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-532

  Aurela, Minna ^a   Sillanpää, Markus ^b   Pennanen, Arto ^c   Mäkelä, Timo ^a   Laakia, Jaakko ^a   Tolonen Kivimäki, Outi ^a   Saarnio, Karri ^a   Yli Tuomi, Tarja ^c   Aalto, Pasi ^d   Salonen, Iiris ^e   Pakkanen, Tuomo ^f   Salonen, Raimo O ^c   Hillamo, Risto ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Kymenlaakson Sairaanhoitopiiri   (Finland)

^f NONE

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EID: 77958587380     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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