Air pollution from fireworks during festival of lights (Deepawali) in Howrah, India - a case study

Atmosfera

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-365

  Thakur, B ^a   Chakraborty, S ^b,c   Debsarkar, A ^d   Chakrabarty, S ^d   Srivastava, R C ^b  

^a MEGHNAD SAHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^c Government of West Bengal   (India)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Festival; Firework; Health impact; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FESTIVAL; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RISK FACTOR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

HOWRAH; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 78149274284     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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