Carbon monoxide in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - A comparison between urban background, roadside and in-traffic measurements

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 345-353

  Lindén, Jenny ^a   Thorsson, Sofia ^a   Eliasson, Ingegärd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air quality; Exposure assessment; Spatial variations; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUB SAHARAN AFRICA;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; OUAGADOUGOU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38349122146     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9538-2     Document Type: Article

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