Green walls could cut street-canyon air pollution

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kessler, Rebecca ^a  

^a NONE

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NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; VEGETATION;

EID: 84872090557     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a14     Document Type: Article

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