Determination of inorganic particulates: (Cationic, anionic and heavy metals) in the atmosphere of some areas in Bahrain during the Gulf crisis in 1991

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3497-3503

  Ali Mohamed, Ahmed Y ^a   Matter, Haifa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Anions; Bahrain; Cations; Daih; Dry deposition; Heavy metals; Karbabad; Ma'amir; Tarry matter

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; RAIN; TAR;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG TOXICITY; DRY DEPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WAR; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAVY METALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IONS; RAIN; WIND;

BAHRAIN; GULF CRISIS; HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS; INORGANIC PARTICULATE MATTER;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL; ANION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; CATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRY DEPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

BAHRAIN;

EID: 0030251183     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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