Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3145-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3145-2017
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01 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2017

The contribution of wood burning and other pollution sources to wintertime organic aerosol levels in two Greek cities

Kalliopi Florou, Dimitrios K. Papanastasiou, Michael Pikridas, Christos Kaltsonoudis, Evangelos Louvaris, Georgios I. Gkatzelis, David Patoulias, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, and Spyros N. Pandis

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