Sources, distribution and variability of airborne trace metals in La Plata City area, Argentina

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 149-158

  Bilos, C ^a   Colombo, J C ^a   Skorupka, C N ^a   Rodriguez Presa, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airborne particulate matter; Enrichment factors; Heavy metals; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035218591     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00328-0     Document Type: Article

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