Air contaminant statistical distributions with application to PM10 in Santiago, Chile

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 223, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-31

  Marchant, Carolina ^a   Leiva, Víctor ^a   Cavieres, M Fernanda ^a   Sanhueza, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

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EID: 84871634871     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5577-6_1     Document Type: Article

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