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2001-2012 trends on air quality in Spain.

scientific article published on 07 June 2014

2005-2014 trends of PM10 source contributions in an industrialized area of southern Spain.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

A European aerosol phenomenology – 3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

article by J.-P. Putaud et al published March 2010 in Atmospheric Environment

A combined analysis of backward trajectories and aerosol chemistry to characterise long-range transport episodes of particulate matter: the Madrid air basin, a case study.

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A comprehensive assessment of PM emissions from paved roads: real-world Emission Factors and intense street cleaning trials

scientific article published on 14 July 2010

A methodology for the quantification of the net African dust load in air quality monitoring networks

A multidisciplinary approach to characterise exposure risk and toxicological effects of PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅ samples in urban environments

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

A review on the effectiveness of street sweeping, washing and dust suppressants as urban PM control methods.

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

A simplified approach to the indirect evaluation of the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols from PM mass concentrations

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ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison – Part 1: Reproducibility of concentration and fragment results from 13 individual Quadrupole Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitors (Q-ACSM) and consistency with co-located instruments

ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison – Part 2: Intercomparison of ME-2 organic source apportionment results from 15 individual, co-located aerosol mass spectrometers

ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison – Part I: Reproducibility of concentration and fragment results from 13 individual Quadrupole Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitors (Q-ACSM) and consistency with Time-of-Flight ACSM (ToF-ACSM), High Resolution ToF Aerosol

AIRUSE-LIFE+: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

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African dust contribution to ambient aerosol levels across central Spain: Characterization of long-range transport episodes of desert dust

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African dust outbreaks over the Mediterranean Basin during 2001–2011: PM₁₀ concentrations, phenomenology and trends, and its relation with synoptic and mesoscale meteorology

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Airborne particulate matter and premature deaths in urban Europe: the new WHO guidelines and the challenge ahead as illustrated by Spain

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An evaluation of mass, number concentration, chemical composition and types of particles in a cafeteria before and after the passage of an antismoking law

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An inter-comparison of PM10 source apportionment using PCA and PMF receptor models in three European sites

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Anthropogenic Perturbations to the Atmospheric Molybdenum Cycle

scientific article published in 2021

Anthropogenic and natural influence on the PM(10) and PM(2.5) aerosol in Madrid (Spain). Analysis of high concentration episodes.

scientific article published on January 2003

Are Saharan dust intrusions increasing the risk of meningococcal meningitis?

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Arsenic speciation of atmospheric particulate matter (PM10) in an industrialised urban site in southwestern Spain.

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Arsenic speciation study of PM2.5 in an urban area near a copper smelter

Arsenic species in atmospheric particulate matter as tracer of the air quality of Doñana Natural Park (SW Spain).

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Assessing the performance of methods to detect and quantify African dust in airborne particulates

scientific article published on 4 November 2010

Assessment of the variability of atmospheric pollution in National Parks of mainland Spain

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Association between traffic-related air pollution in schools and cognitive development in primary school children: a prospective cohort study

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Atmospheric PM and volatile organic compounds released from Mediterranean shrubland wildfires

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Atmospheric particulate matter and air quality in the Mediterranean: a review

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Atmospheric phosphorus deposition in a near-coastal rural site in the NE Iberian Peninsula and its role in marine productivity

Atmospheric pollutants in peri-urban forests of Quercus ilex: evidence of pollution abatement and threats for vegetation

scientific article published on December 2015

Bedrock controls on the mineralogy and chemistry of PM10 extracted from Australian desert sediments

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Biomass burning contributions to urban aerosols in a coastal Mediterranean city

scientific article published on May 2012

Bulk deposition in a rural area located around a large coal-fired power station, northeast Spain.

scientific article published on September 1999

Carbon emissions in Mediterranean shrubland wildfires: An experimental approach

scholarly article by Elisa Garcia-Hurtado et al published April 2013 in Atmospheric Environment

Case Studies of Source Apportionment and Suggested Measures at Southern European Cities

Characterization and intercomparison of aerosol absorption photometers: result of two intercomparison workshops

article by T. Müller et al published 10 February 2011 in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Characterization and origin of EC and OC particulate matter near the Doñana National Park (SW Spain).

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Characterization of a long range transport pollution episode affecting PM in SW Spain.

scientific article published on October 2008

Characterization of atmospheric black carbon and co-pollutants in urban and rural areas of Spain

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Chemical characterisation of PM episodes in NE Spain

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Chemical fingerprint and impact of shipping emissions over a western Mediterranean metropolis: primary and aged contributions

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Chemical tracers of particulate emissions from commercial shipping.

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Chemistry of dry and wet atmospheric deposition over the Balearic Islands, NW Mediterranean: Source apportionment and African dust areas

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Child exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants in schools in Barcelona, Spain.

scientific article published on 27 May 2014

Climatological assessment of the vertically resolved optical and microphysical aerosol properties by lidar measurements, sun photometer, and in situ observations over 17 years at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Barcelona

scientific article published in 2023

Coarse particles from Saharan dust and daily mortality.

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Cocaine and other illicit drugs in airborne particulates in urban environments: a reflection of social conduct and population size

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Comparative PM10-PM2.5 source contribution study at rural, urban and industrial sites during PM episodes in Eastern Spain.

scientific article published on July 2004

Comparative analysis of organic and elemental carbon concentrations in carbonaceous aerosols in three European cities

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Comparative chemical mass closure of fine and coarse aerosols at two sites in south and west Europe: Implications for EU air pollution policies

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Comparison of the results obtained by four receptor modelling methods in aerosol source apportionment studies

Comprehensive monitoring of the occurrence of 22 drugs of abuse and transformation products in airborne particulate matter in the city of Barcelona

scientific article published on 13 June 2015

Concentrations, sources and geochemistry of airborne particulate matter at a major European airport

scientific article published on 15 February 2010

Continuous atmospheric boundary layer observations in the coastal urban area of Barcelona during SAPUSS

scholarly article

Corrigendum to "Variability of levels and composition of PM 10 and PM 2.5 in the Barcelona metro system" published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 5055–5076, 2012

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Corrigendum to ‘Child exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants in schools in Barcelona, Spain’[Environment International 69C (2014) 200–212]

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Corrigendum to “Molecular marker characterization of the organic composition of submicron aerosols from Mediterranean urban and rural environments under contrasting meteorological conditions” [Atmos. Environ. 61 (2012) 482–489]

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Daily and hourly chemical impact of springtime transboundary aerosols on Japanese air quality

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Determinants of aerosol lung-deposited surface area variation in an urban environment.

scientific article published on 21 February 2015

Determination of direct and fugitive PM emissions in a Mediterranean harbour by means of classic and novel tracer methods

scientific article published on 29 August 2009

Determination of drugs of abuse in airborne particles by pressurized liquid extraction and liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry

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Determination of element affinities by density fractionation of bulk coal samples

Determination of the contribution of northern Africa dust source areas to PM10 concentrations over the central Iberian Peninsula using the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT) model

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Discriminating the regional and urban contributions in the North-Western Mediterranean: PM levels and composition

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Drugs of abuse in airborne particulates in urban environments

scientific article published on 5 May 2010

Effect of atmospheric mixing layer depth variations on urban air quality and daily mortality during Saharan dust outbreaks

scientific article published on 20 July 2014

Effect of ceramic industrial particulate emission control on key components of ambient PM10.

scientific article published on 9 March 2009

Effect of fireworks events on urban background trace metal aerosol concentrations: is the cocktail worth the show?

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Effect of public transport strikes on air pollution levels in Barcelona (Spain).

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Effectiveness of commercial face masks to reduce personal PM exposure

article by A. Pacitto et al published 10 February 2019 in Science of the Total Environment

Effects of Local and Saharan Particles on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Effects of road dust suppressants on PM levels in a Mediterranean urban area.

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Effects of sources and meteorology on particulate matter in the Western Mediterranean Basin: An overview of the DAURE campaign

scholarly article by M. Pandolfi published in April 2014

Emission factors from road dust resuspension in a Mediterranean freeway

Environmental, physical and structural characterisation of geopolymer matrixes synthesised from coal (co-)combustion fly ashes

scientific article published on 9 October 2007

Evaluation of the changes in the Madrid metropolitan area influencing air quality: Analysis of 1999–2008 temporal trend of particulate matter

Events affecting levels and seasonal evolution of airborne particulate matter concentrations in the Western Mediterranean.

scientific article published on January 2003

Evolution of pyrite mud weathering and mobility of heavy metals in the Guadiamar valley after the Aznalcóllar spill, south-west Spain

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Fine Particle Receptor Modeling in the Atmosphere of Mexico City

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Fossil versus contemporary sources of fine elemental and organic carbonaceous particulate matter during the DAURE campaign in Northeast Spain

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Geochemical characterization of Cu-smelter emission plumes with impact in an urban area of SW Spain

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Geochemical variations in aeolian mineral particles from the Sahara-Sahel Dust Corridor

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Geochemistry and origin of PM10 in the Huelva region, Southwestern Spain.

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Geochemistry of PM 10 over Europe during the EMEP intensive measurement periods in summer 2012 and winter 2013

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Geochemistry of PM<sub>10</sub> over Europe during the EMEP intensive measurement periods in summer 2012 and winter 2013

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Geochemistry of regional background aerosols in the Western Mediterranean

scholarly article by Jorge Pey et al published November 2009 in Atmospheric Research

Geological controls on the quality of coals from the West Shandong mining district, Eastern China

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High concentrations of heavy metals in PM from ceramic factories of Southern Spain

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Ice nucleating particles in the Saharan Air Layer

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Identification and quantification of organic aerosol from cooking and other sources in Barcelona using aerosol mass spectrometer data

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Identification of FCC refinery atmospheric pollution events using lanthanoid- and vanadium-bearing aerosols

article by Teresa Moreno et al published November 2008 in Atmospheric Environment

Identification of chemical tracers in the characterisation and source apportionment of inhalable inorganic airborne particles: an overview

scientific article published on July 2009

Identification of fine (PM1) and coarse (PM10-1) sources of particulate matter in an urban environment

Identification of technical problems affecting performance of DustTrak DRX aerosol monitors

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Immobilization of heavy metals in polluted soils by the addition of zeolitic material synthesized from coal fly ash.

scientific article published on 21 July 2005

Impact of fugitive emissions in ambient PM levels and composition: a case study in Southeast Spain

scientific article published on 11 August 2010

Impact of harbour emissions on ambient PM10 and PM2.5 in Barcelona (Spain): Evidences of secondary aerosol formation within the urban area

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Indoor/outdoor relationships and mass closure of quasi-ultrafine, accumulation and coarse particles in Barcelona schools

scholarly article

Industrial sources of primary and secondary organic aerosols in two urban environments in Spain.

scientific article published on 28 February 2015

Influence of African dust on the levels of atmospheric particulates in the Canary Islands air quality network

Influence of Sampling Artefacts on Measured PM, OC, and EC Levels in Carbonaceous Aerosols in an Urban Area

Influence of soil cover on reducing the environmental impact of spontaneous coal combustion in coal waste gobs: A review and new experimental data

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Influence of traffic on the PM10 and PM2.5 urban aerosol fractions in Madrid (Spain).

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Intense winter atmospheric pollution episodes affecting the Western Mediterranean

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Interpretation of the variability of levels of regional background aerosols in the Western Mediterranean

scientific article published on 25 October 2008

Lanthanoid geochemistry of urban atmospheric particulate matter

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Levels and chemical composition of PM in a city near a large Cu-smelter in Spain.

scientific article published on 24 March 2011

Levels and chemistry of atmospheric particulates induced by a spill of heavy metal mining wastes in the Doñana area, Southwest Spain

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Levels of particulate matter in rural, urban and industrial sites in Spain

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Long range and local air pollution: what can we learn from chemical speciation of particulate matter at paired sites?

Long-range and local air pollution: what can we learn from chemical speciation of particulate matter at paired sites?

Long-term real-time chemical characterization of submicron aerosols at Montsec (southern Pyrenees, 1570 m a.s.l.)

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Manganese in the urban atmosphere: identifying anomalous concentrations and sources.

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Mineralogy and geochemistry of coal from the Liupanshui mining district, Guizhou, south China

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Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Late Permian coals in the Huayingshan coal-bearing area, Sichuan Province, China

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Mineralogy and geochemistry of the coals from the Chongqing and Southeast Hubei coal mining districts, South China

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Modulation of Saharan dust export by the North African dipole

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Molecular marker characterization of the organic composition of submicron aerosols from Mediterranean urban and rural environments under contrasting meteorological conditions

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Monitoring of sources and atmospheric processes controlling air quality in an urban Mediterranean environment

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Natural sources of atmospheric aerosols influencing air quality across Europe.

scientific article published on 15 December 2013

Natural versus anthropogenic inhalable aerosol chemistry of transboundary East Asian atmospheric outflows into western Japan

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Near-real-time processing of a ceilometer network assisted with sun-photometer data: monitoring a dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula

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Neural network model for the prediction of PM10 daily concentrations in two sites in the Western Mediterranean

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New Directions: The future of European urban air quality monitoring

article published in 2014

New considerations for PM, Black Carbon and particle number concentration for air quality monitoring across different European cities

scholarly article

On the origin of the highest ozone episodes in Spain.

scientific article published on 7 August 2016

On the spatial distribution and evolution of ultrafine particles in Barcelona

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Optical properties and chemical composition of aerosol particles at an urban location: An estimation of the aerosol mass scattering and absorption efficiencies

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Outdoor and indoor UFP in primary schools across Barcelona

scientific article published on 5 July 2014

Outdoor and indoor particle characterization from a large and uncontrolled combustion of a tire landfill

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Outdoor infiltration and indoor contribution of UFP and BC, OC, secondary inorganic ions and metals in PM 2.5 in schools

Overview of the meteorology and transport patterns during the DAURE field campaign and their impact to PM observations

scholarly article by O. Jorba published in October 2013

PM source apportionment and trace metallic aerosol affinities during atmospheric pollution episodes: a case study from Puertollano, Spain

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PM sources in a highly industrialised area in the process of implementing PM abatement technology. Quantification and evolution.

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PM10 and PM2.5 sources at an insular location in the western Mediterranean by using source apportionment techniques ⬇️

scientific article published on April 21, 2013

PM10 speciation and determination of air quality target levels. A case study in a highly industrialized area of Spain.

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Particle-related exposure, dose and lung cancer risk of primary school children in two European countries

scientific article published on 28 October 2017

Particulate matter and gaseous pollutants in the Mediterranean Basin: results from the MED-PARTICLES project

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Partitioning of magnetic particles in PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Barcelona (Spain).

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Partitioning of trace elements and metals between quasi-ultrafine, accumulation and coarse aerosols in indoor and outdoor air in schools

Peculiarities in atmospheric particle number and size-resolved speciation in an urban area in the western Mediterranean: Results from the DAURE campaign

Phenomenology of high-ozone episodes in NE Spain

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Phenomenology of summer ozone episodes over the Madrid Metropolitan Area, central Spain

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Physico-chemical characterization of atmospheric aerosols in a rural area affected by the Aznalcollar toxic spill, south-west Spain during the soil reclamation activities

scientific article published on December 1999

Presenting SAPUSS: Solving Aerosol Problem by Using Synergistic Strategies in Barcelona, Spain

scholarly article

Profiling transient daytime peaks in urban air pollutants: city centre traffic hotspot versus urban background concentrations

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Quantifying Dry and Wet Deposition Fluxes in Two Regions of Contrasting African Influence: The NE Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands

Recreational atmospheric pollution episodes: Inhalable metalliferous particles from firework displays

article by Teresa Moreno et al published February 2007 in Atmospheric Environment

Road Dust Emission Sources and Assessment of Street Washing Effect

Road dust contribution to PM levels – Evaluation of the effectiveness of street washing activities by means of Positive Matrix Factorization

Road traffic and sandy playground influence on ambient pollutants in schools

Saharan dust, particulate matter and cause-specific mortality: a case-crossover study in Barcelona (Spain).

scientific article published on 28 August 2012

Secondary organic aerosol origin in an urban environment: influence of biogenic and fuel combustion precursors.

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Short-term effects of ultrafine particles on daily mortality by primary vehicle exhaust versus secondary origin in three Spanish cities

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Short-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and ischemic stroke onset in Barcelona, Spain.

scientific article published on 5 January 2018

Simple estimates of vehicle-induced resuspension rates.

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Size and time-resolved roadside enrichment of atmospheric particulate pollutants

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Size distribution and chemical composition of metalliferous stack emissions in the San Roque petroleum refinery complex, southern Spain.

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Size distribution and chemical composition of particulate matter stack emissions in and around a copper smelter

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Size fractionate particulate matter, vehicle traffic, and case-specific daily mortality in Barcelona, Spain.

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Source apportionment analysis of atmospheric particulates in an industrialised urban site in southwestern Spain

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Source apportionment for African dust outbreaks over the Western Mediterranean using the HYSPLIT model

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Source apportionment of PM(10) and PM(2.5) at multiple sites in the strait of Gibraltar by PMF: impact of shipping emissions.

scientific article published on 11 July 2010

Source apportionment of ambient PM2.5 at five spanish centres of the european community respiratory health survey (ECRHS II)

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Source apportionment of particulate matter in Europe: A review of methods and results

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Source apportionment of urban fine and ultra-fine particle number concentration in a Western Mediterranean city

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Source origin of trace elements in PM from regional background, urban and industrial sites of Spain

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Sources and variability of inhalable road dust particles in three European cities

Sources of indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations in primary schools.

scientific article published on 5 June 2014

Spatial and temporal variability of PM levels and composition in a complex summer atmospheric scenario in Barcelona (NE Spain)

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Spatial and temporal variability of carbonaceous aerosols: Assessing the impact of biomass burning in the urban environment

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Spatial and temporal variations in airborne particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) across Spain 1999–2005

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Spatial and temporal variations in inhalable CuZnPb aerosols within the Mexico City pollution plume

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Spatio-temporal patterns of high summer ozone events in the Madrid Basin, Central Spain

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Spatiotemporal evolution of a severe winter dust event in the western Mediterranean: Aerosol optical and physical properties

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Spatiotemporally resolved black carbon concentration, schoolchildren's exposure and dose in Barcelona.

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Speciation and origin of PM10 and PM2.5 in Spain

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Speciation and sources of atmospheric aerosols in a highly industrialised emerging mega-city in central China

scientific article published on October 2006

Study of the correlation between columnar aerosol burden, suspended matter at ground and chemical components in a background European environment

scientific article published in 2012

Study of urban atmospheric pollution in Navarre (Northern Spain).

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Subway platform air quality: Assessing the influences of tunnel ventilation, train piston effect and station design

article published in 2014

Supplementary material to "Long range and local air pollution: what can we learn from chemical speciation of particulate matter at paired sites?"

The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming

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The effects of particulate matter sources on daily mortality: a case-crossover study of Barcelona, Spain.

scientific article published on 16 August 2011

The identification of metallic elements in airborne particulate matter derived from fossil fuels at Puertollano, Spain

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Thermal-optical analysis for the measurement of elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) in ambient air a literature review

Trace element fractionation processes in resuspended mineral aerosols extracted from Australian continental surface materials

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Trace element variation in size-fractionated African desert dusts

Tracers and impact of open burning of rice straw residues on PM in Eastern Spain

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Tracing surface and airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains

scientific article published on 09 December 2020

Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer

scholarly article

Trends of road dust emissions contributions on ambient air particulate levels at rural, urban and industrial sites in southern Spain

scholarly article

Ultrafine particle and fine trace metal (As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn) pollution episodes induced by industrial emissions in Huelva, SW Spain

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Ultrafine particle formation in the inland sea breeze airflow in Southwest Europe

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Urban NH3 levels and sources in a Mediterranean environment

Urban NH3 levels and sources in six major Spanish cities.

scientific article published on 6 September 2014

Using PM10 geochemical maps for defining the origin of atmospheric pollution in Andalusia (Southern Spain)

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Variability in exposure to ambient ultrafine particles in urban schools: Comparative assessment between Australia and Spain

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Variability of Particle Number, Black Carbon, and PM10, PM2.5, and PM1Levels and Speciation: Influence of Road Traffic Emissions on Urban Air Quality

Variability of air pollutants, and PM composition and sources at a regional background site in the Balearic Islands: Review of western Mediterranean phenomenology from a 3-year study

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Variability of carbonaceous aerosols in remote, rural, urban and industrial environments in Spain: implications for air quality policy

scholarly article

Variability of sub-micrometer particle number size distributions and concentrations in the Western Mediterranean regional background

Variation of PM2.5 concentrations in relation to street washing activities

Variations in atmospheric PM trace metal content in Spanish towns: Illustrating the chemical complexity of the inorganic urban aerosol cocktail

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Variations in school playground and classroom atmospheric particulate chemistry

Variations in time and space of trace metal aerosol concentrations in urban areas and their surroundings

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Variations in vanadium, nickel and lanthanoid element concentrations in urban air.

scientific article published on September 2010

Variations of levels and composition of PM10 and PM2.5 at an insular site in the Western Mediterranean

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Variations of urban aerosols in the western Mediterranean

Within-city contrasts in PM composition and sources and their relationship with nitrogen oxides.

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Workplace exposure to traffic-derived nanoscaled particulates

scientific article published on 6 July 2011

‘Erratum to “Urban NH3 levels and sources in a Mediterranean environment” [Atmos. Environ. 57 (2012) 153–164]’

scholarly article published in Atmospheric Environment

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