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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2167-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2167-2015
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27 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 27 Feb 2015

The impacts of firework burning at the Chinese Spring Festival on air quality: insights of tracers, source evolution and aging processes

S. F. Kong, L. Li, X. X. Li, Y. Yin, K. Chen, D. T. Liu, L. Yuan, Y. J. Zhang, Y. P. Shan, and Y. Q. Ji

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