A statistical analysis of ambient air quality around 969 opencast coal projects in wardha valley coalfields, western coal fields limited, India

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 969-977

  Trivedi, Ratnesh ^a   Mondal, Amresh ^a   Chakraborty, M K ^a   Tewary, B K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Air borne dust; Ambient air quality; Dust dispersion; Opencast coal mine; Respiratory particulate matter; Total suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856420198     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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