Towards establishing air quality guidelines for Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 886-893

  Aziz, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; LEAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEAD; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PAKISTAN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33847640109     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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