Concentrations, sources and exposure risks associated with particulate matter in the Middle East Area—a review

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-80

  Tsiouri, Vasiliki ^a   Kakosimos, Konstantinos E ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution exposure; Air quality management; Fine particles; Middle East; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927584595     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-014-0277-4     Document Type: Article

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