Does urban vegetation mitigate air pollution in northern conditions?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 183, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-112

  Setälä, Heikki ^a   Viippola, Viljami ^a   Rantalainen, Anna Lea ^a   Pennanen, Arto ^b   Yli Pelkonen, Vesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ecosystem services; Passive samplers; Traffic; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC; TREE; URBAN VEGETATION; ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; TRAFFIC; URBAN VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONS; TREES;

AIR POLLUTANT;

EID: 84891711985     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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