Improved strategies for calculating annual averages of ambient air pollutants in cases of incomplete data coverage

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 904-911

  Brown, Richard J C ^a   Harris, Peter M ^a   Cox, Maurice G ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; LAW; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84877305625     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00039g     Document Type: Review

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