The historical record of air pollution as defined by attic dust

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2379-2389

  Ilacqua, Vito ^a   Freeman, Natalie C J ^a   Fagliano, Jerald ^b   Lioy, Paul J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Air pollution history; Attic dust; Lead

Indexed keywords

DUST; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATTIC DUSTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CESIUM 137; GASOLINE; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DUST; HISTORICAL RECORD; LEAD;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DOVER TOWNSHIP; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037409966     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00126-2     Document Type: Article

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