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Science 10 February 1989:
Vol. 243. no. 4892, pp. 745 - 752
DOI: 10.1126/science.243.4892.745
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Urban Air Pollution: State of the Science

John H. Seinfeld 1

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125

Urban air pollution is comprised of a highly complex mixture of gaseous and particulate components. Much progress has been made in our understanding of the detailed chemistry and physics of air pollution, but important areas of uncertainty still remain.


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