Risk assessment of airborne particles and volatile organic compounds from industrial areas

Industrial Pollution including Oil Spills

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 101-144

  Mueller, Andrea ^a   Wichmann, Gunnar ^c   Massolo, Laura ^b,d   Porta, Andrés ^b,d   Schlink, Uwe ^a   Ronco, Alicia ^b,d   Herbarth, Olf ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UFZ   (Germany)

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