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ATM0sPHER IC POLLUTION 1982 Proceedings of the 15th International Colloquium, UNESCO Building, Paris, France, May 4-7,1982 Organised by the lnstitut National de Recherche Chimique Appliquie, Vert-le-Petit, France, in association with the Commission on Atmospheric Environment of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Gesellschaft fur Aerosolforschung (GAeF) and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FhG) edited by
Michel M. Benarie
These papers have been published as a special issue of The Science of the Total Environment, Volume 23, 1982
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PREFACE Why a c o l l o q u i u m ?
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mushrooming number o f s c i e n t i f i c j o u r n a l s , and when we a r e a t t h e t h r e s h o l d o f e l e c t r o n i c p u b l i s h i n g , why g a t h e r p e o p l e t o g e t h e r , a t c o n s i d e r a b l e expense and
loss o f t i m e f o r them, s i m p l y so t h a t t h e y n a y l i s t e n t o o r a l p r e s e n t a t i o n s ? I can p u t f o r w a r d two reasons.
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