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A study of air pollutants has been performed using the available data for the last ten years in the Greek costal town, Volos. Long-term air quality data is valuable and informative to understand in depth the trends that will lead to more realistic findings and conclusions, while the governmental regulatory policies have to use them, in order to reduce the emissions of primary and secondary air pollutants.
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RIGA- KARANDINOS, N., SAITANIS, K., ARAPIS, G. (2006). AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT IN VOLOS COASTAL TOWN, GREECE. In: Arapis, G., Goncharova, N., Baveye, P. (eds) Ecotoxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors. NATO Security Through Science Series, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4476-3_23
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