Monitoring lead in suspended air particulate matter in Ho Chi Minh City

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1073-1076

  Hien, P D ^a   Binh, N T ^a   Ngo, N T ^a   Ha, V T ^a   Truong, Y ^a   An, N H ^a  

^a Dalat Nuclear Research Institute   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

1993 1994; Autoexhaust; Lognormality; Seasonal variation; Soil derived component; Weekly monitoring

Indexed keywords

LEAD; RAIN;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VELOCITY; VIET NAM; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; LEAD CONTAMINATION; MONITORING; PARTICULATE ATMOSPHERIC; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VEHICLE EMISSION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

VIETNAM, HO CHI MINH CITY;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; MONITORING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RAIN; SAMPLING;

AUTOEXHAUST; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

LEAD;

EID: 0030617316     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00267-1     Document Type: Article

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