Air pollution studies and management efforts in Nepal

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 341-348

  Jha, P K ^a   Lekhak, H D ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION;

NEPAL;

EID: 0037271867     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-8782-7     Document Type: Article

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