Levels of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of Central and Eastern Europe

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 494-505

  Pribylova, Petra ^a   Kares, Radovan ^a   Boruvkova, Jana ^a   Cupr, Pavel ^a   Prokes, Roman ^a   Kohoutek, Jiri ^a   Holoubek, Ivan ^a   Klanova, Jana ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE); Global Monitoring Plan; Passive air sampling; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Stockholm Convention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877003611     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2012.057     Document Type: Article

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