Assessment of urban air quality in China using air pollution indices (APIs)

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-178

  Wang, Litao ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Tan, Shaobo ^a   Zhao, Xiujuan ^a   Cheng, Dandan ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Su, Jie ^a   Pan, Xuemei ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10 CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION PATTERNS; PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84873162494     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2012.739583     Document Type: Article

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