Current status of air toxics management and its strategies for controlling emissions in Taiwan

Toxics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Tsai, Wen Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Air toxics; Dioxins; Heavy metal; Human carcinogen; Regulatory system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006821528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23056304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxics4020008     Document Type: Article

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