Assessment of air quality in and around west-bokaro coalfields, Hazaribag

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 577-591

  Mondal, G C ^a   Singh, A K ^a   Singh, T B ^a   Singh, S ^a   Singh, K K ^a   Tewary, B K ^a  

^a Central Institute of Mining and Fule Research   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality; Pollutant; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350173596     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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