Measurements of particulate matter and pollen in the city of Berlin

Urban Climate

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 621-629

  Mücke, Hans Guido ^a,c   Wagener, Sandra ^a,c   Werchan, Matthias ^b   Bergmann, Karl Christian ^b  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grass pollen; Health relevance; Parallel measurements; Particulate matter (PM10); Various sampling sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927963401     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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