Integrated assessment of air pollution in Tehran, over the period from september 2008 to september 2009

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-86

  Naddafi, K ^a   Sowlat, M H ^a   Safari, M H ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution control; Air quality assessment; Pollutant concentrations; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875299902     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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