Total and water-soluble trace metal content of urban background PM 10, PM2.5 and black smoke in Edinburgh, UK

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1417-1430

  Heal, Mathew R ^a   Hibbs, Leon R ^a,d   Agius, Raymond M ^b   Beverland, Iain J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d Town Hall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air mass; Airborne particles; Back trajectory; ICP MS; Toxicology; Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METEOROLOGY; SMOKE; TITANIUM; TOXICITY; VANADIUM;

AIR MASS; BLACK SMOKE (BS); CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TRACE METAL; VANADIUM; WATER; ZINC;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; TRACE METAL; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EXTRACTION; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13844266471     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.11.026     Document Type: Article

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