Health benefits of adapting cleaner brick manufacturing technologies in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-112

  Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a   Khaliquzzaman, Mohammed ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b World Bank   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Air quality management; ATMoS; Dispersion modeling; Health impacts; Particulate pollution

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84895897981     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-013-0213-z     Document Type: Article

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