Articles | Volume 18, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7691-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7691-2018
Research article
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01 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 01 Jun 2018

Particle and VOC emission factor measurements for anthropogenic sources in West Africa

Sekou Keita, Cathy Liousse, Véronique Yoboué, Pamela Dominutti, Benjamin Guinot, Eric-Michel Assamoi, Agnès Borbon, Sophie L. Haslett, Laetitia Bouvier, Aurélie Colomb, Hugh Coe, Aristide Akpo, Jacques Adon, Julien Bahino, Madina Doumbia, Julien Djossou, Corinne Galy-Lacaux, Eric Gardrat, Sylvain Gnamien, Jean F. Léon, Money Ossohou, E. Touré N'Datchoh, and Laurent Roblou

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