Do urban canyons influence street level grass pollen concentrations?

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1317-1325

  Peel, Robert George ^a,b   Kennedy, Roy ^b   Smith, Matt ^b,c   Hertel, Ole ^a,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; POACEAE; POLLEN; WEATHER;

EID: 84904246663     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0728-x     Document Type: Article

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