Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-803-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-803-2013
Research article
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22 Jan 2013
Research article |  | 22 Jan 2013

Characteristics and sources of carbonaceous aerosols from Shanghai, China

J.-J. Cao, C.-S. Zhu, X.-X. Tie, F.-H. Geng, H.-M. Xu, S. S. H. Ho, G.-H. Wang, Y.-M. Han, and K.-F. Ho

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