Analysis of air pollution at Shuaiba Industrial Area in Kuwait

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 213-232

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah ^a   Bouhamra, Walid ^b   Ettouney, Hisham ^b   Sowerby, Bev ^c   Crittenden, Barry D ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; FERTILIZERS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

POLLUTANT BEHAVIOUR;

TOXICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; METEOROLOGY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

KUWAIT; SHUAIBA;

EID: 0034447870     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240009358968     Document Type: Article

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