Source origin and parameters influencing levels of heavy metals in TSP, in an industrial background area of Southern Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3071-3087

  Ragosta, Maria ^a   Caggiano, Rosa ^b   D'Emilio, Mariagrazia ^a   Macchiato, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Multivariate tools; Rainfall; TSP; Wind

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HEAVY METALS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PARTICULATES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RAIN; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VELOCITY; WIND;

ITALY;

EID: 0036085569     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00264-9     Document Type: Article

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