Variations in Concentrations of Particulate Matter Around a Cement Factory

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Agrawal, Madhoolika ^a   Khanam, Najma ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dust fall rate; Meteorology; Seasonal pattern; Total suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345911454     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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