Increasing trend of primary NO2 exhaust emission fraction in Hong Kong

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-630

  Tian, Linwei ^a   Hossain, Sarah R ^a   Lin, Hualiang ^a   Ho, Kin Fai ^b   Lee, Shun Cheng ^b   Yu, Ignatius T S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diesel vehicle exhaust; DOC retrofitting; Health effects; Street canyon; Trend

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXHAUST EMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; STREET CANYON; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80053053468     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-011-9375-5     Document Type: Article

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