Assessment of traffic-generated gaseous and particulate matter emissions and trends over Delhi (2000-2010)

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 438-446

  Sindhwani, Rati ^a   Goyal, Pramila ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Emission factors; Emission inventory; Transport sector; Two wheelers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903275488     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2014.051     Document Type: Article

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