Ambient concentrations of Total Suspended Particulate matter and its elemental constituents at the wider area of the mining facilities of TVX Hellas in Chalkidiki, Greece

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2509-2520

  Gaidajis, George ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

High volume sampler; Pb and elements in air; Stratoni mining facilities; Total suspended particulate matter (TSP)

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; GRAPHITE; MINING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; ELEMENT; GRAPHITE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTER; FURNACE; GREECE; MEASUREMENT; MINING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0141507863     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-120024443     Document Type: Article

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