Controlling the levels of airborne pollen: Can heterogeneous photocatalysis help?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11711-11716

  Sapina M ^a   Jimenez Relinque, E ^a   Castellote, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE POLLENS; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; MORTAR SPECIMENS; POLLEN GRAINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

PHOTOCATALYSIS;

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALLERGY; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; POLLEN; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRBORNE POLLEN; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR POLLUTION; CATALYSIS; CEDRUS; COLOR; ELECTROPHORESIS; POLLEN; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TISSUE SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84886922852     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402467x     Document Type: Article

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