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Title: Quantifying the Role of the Relative Humidity-Dependent Physical State of Organic Particulate Matter in the Uptake of Semivolatile Organic Molecules
Award ID(s):
1640378
PAR ID:
10201184
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Environmental Science & Technology
Volume:
53
Issue:
22
ISSN:
0013-936X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
13209 to 13218
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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