Levels of total suspended particulate matter and major trace elements in Kosovo: A source identification and apportionment study

Chemosphere

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 669-678

  Arditsoglou, Anastasia ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Elements; Factor analysis; Total suspended particles

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

KOSOVO; SOIL DUST; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES (TSP); VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOSOVO; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15544379612     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.10.056     Document Type: Article

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