Pedestrian exposure to air pollution in cities: Modeling the effect of roadside trees

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Amorim, Jorge Humberto ^a   Valente, Joana ^a   Cascão, Pedro ^a   Rodrigues, Vera ^a   Pimentel, Cláudia ^a   Miranda, Ana I ^a   Borrego, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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EID: 84888880943     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/964904     Document Type: Article

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