Heavy metal content of suspended particulate matter at world's largest ship-breaking yard, Alang-Sosiya, India

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 373-384

  Basha, Shaik ^a   Gaur, Premsingh Mansingh ^a   Thorat, Ravikumar Bhagwan ^a   Trivedi, Rohitkumar Harikrishna ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sandip Kumar ^a   Anand, Nisha ^a   Desai, Shalin Hemantbhai ^a   Mody, Kalpana Haresh ^a   Jha, Bhavnath ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alang Sosiya; Enrichment factor; Factor analysis Gopnath; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; SHIPYARDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ENRICHMENT FACTOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS GOPNATH; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; SHIPYARDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INDIA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALANG-SOSIYA; ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846162252     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9205-z     Document Type: Article

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