Lead levels in the airborne dust particulates of an urban city of Central India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-316

  Thakur, Manisha ^a   Deb, Manas Kanti ^a  

^a PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Airborne dust particulates; Distribution pattern; Fall out analysis; Flux; Lead

Indexed keywords

FALL-OUT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DUST; LEAD; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; INDIA; LEAD POISONING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0034118446     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006241126582     Document Type: Article

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