Long-term decrease of cadmium concentration in the Canadian Arctic air

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 60-1

  Li, Chunsheng ^a,b   Cornett, Jack ^a,b   Ungar, Kurt ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air particulate; Air pollution; Arctic; Cadmium; Heavy metals; Time trend

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOPHYSICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; AIR POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; HEAVY METALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; CADMIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL;

CANADA;

AIR PARTICULATE; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ARCTIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; TIME TRENDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0042200298     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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