Ozone formation in relation with combustion processes in highly populated urban areas

AIMS Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 764-781

  Avino, Pasquale ^a   Manigrasso, Maurizio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Formaldehyde; Incomplete combustion; NMHCs; NO2; Ozone; Photochemical process; Primary pollutants; Radon; Secondary pollutants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989811920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23720352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/environsci.2015.3.764     Document Type: Article

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