A study of air pollution load assessment around opencast coal project in India

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-206

  Trivedi, Ratnesh ^a   Chakraborty, M K ^a   Sangode, A G ^a   Tewary, B K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Air borne dust; Dispersion; Dust emission; Emission rates; Open cast coal mine; Respiratory particulate matter; Total suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856464189     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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