Study of in-vehicle pollutant behavior in public transport buses running on alternative fuels

Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 3078-3094

  Kadiyala, Akhil ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Air quality in buses; Bio diesel; CART; Factors affecting in vehicle pollutants; Indoor air quality; Indoor pollutant concentrations; Regression tree analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952250719     PISSN: 10526102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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