Particulate pollution from brick kiln clusters in the Greater Dhaka region, Bangladesh

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-365

  Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a   Begum, Bilkis A ^b   Wadud, Zia ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

^c BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Brick kilns; Dhaka; Emissions inventory; Particulate pollution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; GAZIPUR;

EID: 84878203203     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-012-0187-2     Document Type: Article

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