Relationships between characteristics of motorcycles and hydrocarbon emissions in Taiwan: A note

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-354

  Lin, C W ^a   Chen, Y R ^b   Lu, S J ^a   Cho, S W ^a   Lin, K S ^c   Chiu, Y C ^d   Tang, X Y ^d  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon emissions; Inspection and maintenance programs; Linear multiple regression analysis; Motorcycles

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; MOTORCYCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HYDROCARBON EMISSIONS; LINEAR MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWO-STROKE-ENGINE MACHINES;

EMISSION CONTROL;

AUTOMOBILE; ENGINE; HYDROCARBON; MAINTENANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 44749090342     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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