Sources of carbonaceous materials in the airborne particulate matter of Dhaka

Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 237-246

  Begum, Bilkis A ^a   Hossain, Anwar ^b   Saroar, Golam ^c   Biswas, Swapan K ^c   Nasiruddin, ^c   Nahar, Nurun ^b   Chowdury, Zohir ^d   Hopke, Philip K ^e  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c Department of Environment ^*  (Bangladesh)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dhaka; Particulate matter; PMF; Size distribution; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861574719     PISSN: 19766912     EISSN: 22871160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5572/ajae.2011.5.4.237     Document Type: Article

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