Study of the effects of air pollution on textiles exposed to Cairo's ambient atmosphere

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-556

  El Taieb, Nadia M ^a   Shakour, Alia A ^a   Saleh, Inas A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cairo; Solar radiation; Textiles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYESTERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

RESIDENTIAL AREA;

AIR POLLUTION;

POLYESTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COTTON; EGYPT; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; POPULATION DENSITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0242443289     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2003.004350     Document Type: Article

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