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smog

Definition: *
Air pollution consisting of smoke and fog. The air pollution caused by the action of sunlight on unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, mostly from car exhaust. It occurs over large industrial areas and urban complexes, and causes eye irritations, breathing problems and damage to plant life.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
polluant atmosphérique
narrower terms
smog photochimique
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
DECHETS, POLLUANTS, POLLUTION
Themes:
air
Other relations:
Wikipedia article
Smog
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UMTHES: Smog
Arabic: ضباب دخاني
Basque: smog
Bulgarian: Смог
Catalan: broma industrial
Chinese: 烟雾
Croatian: smog
Czech: smog
Danish: smog
Dutch: smog
English: smog
English (US): smog
Estonian: sudu
Finnish: savusumu
German: Smog
Greek: αιθαλομίχλη
Hungarian: szmog
Irish: toitcheo
Italian: smog
Latvian: smogs
Lithuanian: smogas
Maltese: smog
Norwegian: smog
Polish: smog
Portuguese: smog
Romanian: smog
Russian: смог
Slovak: smog
Slovenian: smog
Spanish: bruma industrial
Swedish: smog
Turkish: dumanlı sis
Ukrainian: смог
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7759>