The Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter Using Enrichment Factor and Principal Component Analysis

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-94

  Khare, P ^a   Kulshrestha, U C ^b   Saxena, A ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Kumari, K M ^a   Srivastava, S S ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlations; Enrichment factor; Natural and anthropogenic sources; Particulate matter; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006446142     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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