Multivariate analysis of heavy metal contamination in urban dusts of Xi'an, Central China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 355, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 176-186

  Yongming, Han ^a,b,d   Peixuan, Du ^a   Junji, Cao ^b   Posmentier, Eric S ^c  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Enrichment factor; Heavy metals; Principal component analysis; Xi'an

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS; URBAN PLANNING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL SIGNATURES;

HEAVY METALS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SILVER; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DUST; HOUSE DUST; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ARSENIC; CHINA; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; XI'AN;

EID: 31344474232     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.026     Document Type: Article

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