Articles | Volume 14, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9279-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9279-2014
Research article
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09 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 09 Sep 2014

Contributions of vehicular carbonaceous aerosols to PM2.5 in a roadside environment in Hong Kong

X. H. H. Huang, Q. J. Bian, P. K. K. Louie, and J. Z. Yu

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