Lead levels in airborne particulates of Patras, Greece, and trend prediction

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 588-595

  Skokaki, Georgia N ^a   Yannopoulos, Panayotis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Flameless atomic absorption spectrometry; Heavy metals; Lead in TSP; Long term prediction; Urban suburban concentrations

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEAD; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN AREA;

ACHAEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PATRAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 33746374723     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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