Metal levels in airborne particulate matter in urban islamabad, pakistan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 739-746

  Shaheen, N ^a   Shah, M H ^a   Khalique, A ^a   Jaffar, M ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; FUME; HEALTH HAZARD; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; METALS; PAKISTAN; SOIL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 30344467848     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0813-x     Document Type: Article

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