Does energy consumption contribute to environmental pollutants? evidence from SAARC countries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5940-5951

  Akhmat, Ghulam ^a   Zaman, Khalid ^b   Shukui, Tan ^a   Irfan, Danish ^b   Khan, Muhammad Mushtaq ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Development Studies   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Environmental pollutants; SAARC countries

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; METHANE; POLLUTANT;

SOUTH ASIA;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; STATISTICS;

BANGLADESH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84899427355     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2528-1     Document Type: Article

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