RETRACTED: An Analysis of Air Pollutants’ Emission Coefficient in the Transport Sector of Tehran

Mohammad Javad Mohammadi-Zadeh¹, Abdolreza Karbassi^2*, Gholamreza Nabi Bidhendi², Majid Abbaspour³, Amin Padash¹

¹PhD of environmental planning, University of Tehran, Alborz, Iran.
²Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
³Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/oje.2017.75022                

Abstract

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Keywords

Transportation in Tehran Air Pollution Index, Emission Coefficient

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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