The Influence of Ozone Concentrations on Public Health over the Greater Athens Area, Greece †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area Description
2.2. Air Pollution Data and Population
2.3. AirQ+ Model
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ntourou, K.; Fameli, K.-M.; Moustris, K.; Augoustinos, A.; Tsitsis, C. The Influence of Ozone Concentrations on Public Health over the Greater Athens Area, Greece. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2023, 26, 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026107
Ntourou K, Fameli K-M, Moustris K, Augoustinos A, Tsitsis C. The Influence of Ozone Concentrations on Public Health over the Greater Athens Area, Greece. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2023; 26(1):107. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026107
Chicago/Turabian StyleNtourou, Kleopatra, Kyriaki-Maria Fameli, Konstantinos Moustris, Antonios Augoustinos, and Christos Tsitsis. 2023. "The Influence of Ozone Concentrations on Public Health over the Greater Athens Area, Greece" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 26, no. 1: 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026107
APA StyleNtourou, K., Fameli, K. -M., Moustris, K., Augoustinos, A., & Tsitsis, C. (2023). The Influence of Ozone Concentrations on Public Health over the Greater Athens Area, Greece. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 26(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026107