Concentration of trace elements in airborne PM10 from Jobos Bay National estuary, Puerto Rico

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 141-159

  Gioda, Adriana ^a   Pérez, Ulda ^a   Rosa, Zenaida ^a   Jimenez Velez, Braulio D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Arsenic; Heavy metals; PM10; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRACE ELEMENTS;

PM10; SAHARAN DUST;

AIR POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JOBOS BAY RESERVE; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 33745897333     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-9069-7     Document Type: Article

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