Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4307-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4307-2013
Research article
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25 Apr 2013
Research article |  | 25 Apr 2013

Seasonal and spatial variability of the OM/OC mass ratios and high regional correlation between oxalic acid and zinc in Chinese urban organic aerosols

L. Xing, T.-M. Fu, J. J. Cao, S. C. Lee, G. H. Wang, K. F. Ho, M.-C. Cheng, C.-F. You, and T. J. Wang

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