A study to characterize the suspended particulate matter in an indoor environment in Delhi, India

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2046-2052

  Srivastava, Arun ^a   Jain, V K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Electron micrographs; Heavy metals; Indoor; SPM; Time series

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DUST; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SOOT; SPECTROMETRY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; METAL CONCENTRATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; DUST; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SOOT; SPECTROMETRY;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVIMETRY; HEAVY METAL; INDOOR AIR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845562393     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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