Elemental composition of atmospheric particles during periods with and without traffic restriction in Beijing: The effectiveness of traffic restriction measure

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-64

  Zhang, Renjian ^a   Shen, Zhenxing ^b   Zhang, Leiming ^a,c   Zhang, Meigen ^a   Wang, Xin ^b   Zhang, Kun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84863861003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2011-016     Document Type: Article

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