Research on transportation-related emissions: Current status and future directions

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-195

  Yu, Lei ^a,b   Jia, Shichen ^c   Shi, Qinyi ^a  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Traffic Engineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CURRENT STATUS; ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH EFFORTS;

SURVEYS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXHAUST GAS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 65449137178     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.2.183     Document Type: Review

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