Impact of Banning of Two-Stroke Engines on Airborne Particulate Matter Concentrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-89

  Begum, Bilkis A ^a   Biswas, Swapan K ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^b  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY-MONITORING STATION; HIGH-POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TWO-STROKE ENGINES; VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON; FUEL;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTION; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTOR VEHICLE; STANDARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BANGLADESH; CARBON; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MOTOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33645093731     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464430     Document Type: Article

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