Increasing impact of urban fine particles (PM2.5) on areas surrounding Chinese cities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Han, Lijian ^a   Zhou, Weiqi ^a   Li, Weifeng ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHINA; CITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84938150090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12467     Document Type: Article

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