Air pollution by fine particulate matter in Bangladesh

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-86

  Begum, Bilkis A ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^b   Markwitz, Andreas ^c  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

^b Center for Air Resource Engineering and Science   (United States)

^c Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (IGNS)   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Dhaka; Particulate matter; Transboundary transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882786664     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.008     Document Type: Article

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