Changing air quality in Delhi, India: Determinants, trends, and policy implications

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 743-752

  Firdaus, Ghuncha ^a   Ahmad, Ateeque ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

CPCB; Delhi; Pollutants; Urbanization; WHO

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 83555177624     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0207-z     Document Type: Article

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