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Figure 6. Vehicle miles of travel in United States,

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TABLE 7.-Summary of atmospheric concentrations of nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide from continuous air monitoring program, January-December 1964

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TABLE 8.-Nitrogen dioxide concentrations measured by the national air sampling

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TABLE 9.-Average carbon monoxide concentration-Continuous air monitoring

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TABLE 10.-Emissions estimates with percent vehicular contribution 1

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1 Technical Assistance Branch, Division of Air Pollution, PHS.

* Includes process losses.

Without diesel-30.7 percent NOx, 60.9 percent HC,

One-industry town-pulpmill,

Summer.

• Winter.

7 Emissions of oxides of nitrogen from stationary sources in Los Angeles County,
Report No. 4, APCD, County of Los Angeles.

Technical Report of California Standards for Ambient Air Quality and Motor
Vehicle Exhaust, State of California Department of Public Health.

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1. E. F. Darley, E. R. Stephens, J. T. Middleton, P. L. Haust (Intern. J. Air Water Pollution, 1, 155 (1959)).

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3. E. A. Schuck, G. J. Doyle, "Photooxidation of Hydrocarbons in Mixtures Containing Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur Dioxide" (Dept. No. 29, Air Pollution Foundation, San Marino, Calif.).

4. E. R. Stephens, E. F. Darley, O. C. Taylor, W. E. Scott "Photochemical Reaction Products in Air Pollution" (Int. J. Air Water Pollution, 4, 79–100 (1961)).

5. J. T. Middleton, "Photochemical Air Pollution Damage to Plants" (Ann. Rev. Plant Physiology, 12, 431-488 (1961)).

6. J. T. Middleton, E. F. Darley, "Damage to Vegetation from Polluted Atmospheres" (J. Air Pollution Control Assoc., 8, 9–15 (1958)).

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8. L. G. Wayne, "The Chemistry of Urban Atmospheres" (Technical progress Report, vol. III, Los Angeles Co. Air Pollution Control District (1962)).

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10. O. C. Taylor, "Oxidant Air Pollutants as Phytotoxicants," presented at 57th annual meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, Houston, Tex., June 21-25, 1964.

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12. M. C. Ledbetter, P. W. Zimmerman, A. E. Hitchcock, "The Histopathological Effects of Ozone on Plant Foliage" (Contrib. Boyce Thompson Inst., 20, 275-282 (1959)).

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14. A. C. Hill, M. R. Pack, M. Treshow, R. J. Downs, L. G. Transtrum, "Plant Injury Induced by Ozone" (Phytopath., 51, 356-363 (1961)).

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19. J. T. Middleton, "Air Conservation and the Protection of Our Natural Resources," technical report of California Standards for Ambient Air Quality and Motor Vehicle Exhaust, State of California, Department of Public Health, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, Calif.

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25. C. R. Berry, L. A. Ripperton, "Ozone, a Possible Cause of White Pine Emergence Tipburn" (Phytopathology 53, No. 5, 552-557 (May 1963)).

26. Annual Report of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government Oxidant Sampling Network. October 1962-September 1963.

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