Geochemistry and risk assessment of street dust in Luanda, Angola: A tropical urban environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 4501-4512

  Ferreira Baptista, L ^a   De Miguel, E ^b  

^a Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

^b Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Exposure; Risk; Trace elements; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS; TOXICITY; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; URBAN PLANNING;

AQUA-REGIA DIGESTION; BIOMETRIC FACTORS; CARBONATE MATERIALS; STREET DUST;

DUST;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID; TROPICS; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LUANDA [ANGOLA]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23044461502     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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