Regional and global environmental issues of air pollution

Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Impacts

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 493-518

  Molina, Luisa T ^a,b   Gurjar, Bhola R ^c  

^a Molina Center for Energy and the Environment (MCE2)   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

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EID: 85055205450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/EBK1439809624     Document Type: Chapter

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