Comparison of the levels of PAHs present in the dust collected from different residential areas of Kuwait, 1991-1996

Environment International

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 197-203

  Saeed, Talat ^a   Ahmad, Nisar ^a   Al Omair, Ali ^a   Beg, Mirza Umair ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTERS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DUST; HOUSES; OIL WELL FIRES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH);

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUBAI; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KUWAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0031887075     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00136-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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