Nature of air pollution, emission sources, and management in the Indian cities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 501-510

  Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a,b   Goel, Rahul ^a   Pant, Pallavi ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brick kilns; Emissions control; Health impacts; Power plants; Vehicular emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INCINERATION; KILNS; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BRICK KILNS; EMISSION REGULATION; EMISSIONS CONTROL; HEALTH IMPACT; TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONS; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OZONE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EFFECT; URBAN PLANNING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CITY; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; DISPERSION; DUST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; NATURAL SCIENCE; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; POWER SUPPLY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 84903852623     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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