Assessment of lead, zinc, copper, nickel and chromium in total suspended particulate matter from the workplace in Al-Rusayl Industrial Estate, Oman

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 950-952

  Yaghi, Basma ^a   Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLUMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0346788843     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b306029m     Document Type: Article

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