An estimation of traffic related CO2 emissions from motor vehicles in the capital city of, Iran

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Kakouei, Aliakbar ^a   Vatani, Ali ^a   Idris, Ahmed Kamal Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CO2 emission; Traffic; Transportation; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84878140346     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1735-2746-9-13     Document Type: Article

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