A study on risk assessment of benzene as one of the VOCs air pollution

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-217

  Jafari, H R ^a   Ebrahimi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benzene; Iran; Risk assessment; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 42449155150     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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