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Record 1 2016-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollutants
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Area sources, including emissions from small industrial facilities and other sources that are too numerous to be accounted for individually such as road and non-road vehicles, agricultural activities, construction, and solvent use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents de pollution
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Source d'émissions polluantes souvent identifiée à un territoire donné et composée de plusieurs sources d'importance inégale, fixes et mobiles.

OBS

source dispersée : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • sources dispersées

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Agentes contaminantes
  • Contaminación del aire
DEF

Conjunto de numerosos puntos de origen de contaminación.

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