Air pollution assessment in urban areas and its impact on human health in the city of Quetta, Pakistan

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-299

  Ilyas, Syed Zafar ^c   Khattak, Azmat Iqbal ^a   Nasir, S M ^b   Qurashi, Tabnak ^b   Durrani, Tabnak ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Inhalable dust Small scale industries; Respiratory diseases; Vehicular emission

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PULMONARY DISEASES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 78149357186     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0209-4     Document Type: Article

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