Validating the correlation of traffic-associated hydrocarbon and nitrogen dioxide with distance from a trunk road within a rural environment in UK

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-144

  Obara, Paul G ^a   Roberts, CLive L ^a   Young, Chris H ^a   Williams, Craig D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon; Nitrogen dioxide; Pollutants; Rural; Traffic; Trunk road; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957652659     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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