Air pollution due to traffic, air quality monitoring along three sections of National Highway N-5, Pakistan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 219-226

  Ali, Mahboob ^a   Athar, Makshoof ^b  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ambientair quality; CO; NO2; Noise level; PM10; SO2

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MONITORING; NOISE POLLUTION; TRANSPORTATION;

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; NOISE LEVEL; TRAFFIC FLOWS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL POPULATION; TRAFFIC; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PAKISTAN; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36549065750     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9677-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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