Indoor air quality at rural and urban sites in Pakistan

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Colbeck, Ian ^a   Nasir, Zaheer Ahmad ^a   Hasnain, Shahida ^b   Sultan, Sikander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Indoor air; Number concentration; Pakistan; PM 1; PM 2.5; PM10

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38349192548     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-007-9139-5     Document Type: Article

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