Assessment of air pollution indicators in an urban area using the DPSIR model

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 820-830

  Nikolaou, Kostas ^a   Basbas, Socrates ^b   Taxiltaris, Christos ^b  

^a OMPEPT   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Concentrations; Emissions; Energy consumption; Indicators

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENERGY USE; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN POLLUTION;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI; WORLD;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 7944239125     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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