Urban air quality in the Asian region

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-112

  Hopke, Philip K ^a   Cohen, David D ^b   Begum, Bilkis A ^c   Biswas, Swapan K ^c   Ni, Bangfa ^d   Pandit, Gauri Girish ^e   Santoso, Muhayatun ^f   Chung, Yong Sam ^g   Davy, Perry ^h   Markwitz, Andreas ^h   Waheed, Shahida ⁱ   Siddique, Naila ⁱ   Santos, Flora L ^j   Pabroa, Preciosa Corazon B ^j   Seneviratne, Manikkuwadura Consy Shirani ^k   Wimolwattanapun, Wanna ^l   Bunprapob, Supamatthree ^l   Vuong, Thu Bac ^m   Duy Hien, Pham ⁿ   Markowicz, Andrzej ^o  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

^d CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

^e BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^f NATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY   (Indonesia)

^g Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^h GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

ⁱ PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^j PHILIPPINE NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^k Atomic Energy Authority   (Sri Lanka)

^l Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology Bangkok   (Thailand)

^m Institute of Mining Science and Technology   (Viet Nam)

ⁿ VIETNAM ATOMIC ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^o INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Asia; Megacities; PM10 2.5; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLLUTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ASIA; MEGACITIES; PM10-2.5; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPED COUNTRY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 51049091647     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.039     Document Type: Article

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