Trend in lead content of airborne particles and mass of PM10 in the Metropolitan Bangkok

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-91

  Cheevaporn, Voravit ^a   Norramit, Poonsup ^b   Tanaka, Keiichi ^c  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Environmental Impact Evaluation Division   (Thailand)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne particle; Leaded gasoline; PM10

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD;

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; TRAFFIC;

EID: 24744461347     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.50.86     Document Type: Article

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