Suspended particulate matter concentrations along the East-West Corridor, Trinidad, West Indies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1181-1187

  Rajkumar, Wayne Simon ^a   Siung Chang, Avril ^b  

^a Poll Prev and Control Services   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Ambient air quality; PM10; Sahara dust; Trinidad; Vehicular traffic

Indexed keywords

SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; DUST; EXHAUST GASES; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0342904874     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00381-7     Document Type: Article

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