Multiple environmental monitoring techniques for assessing spatial patterns of airborne tungsten

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 406-410

  Sheppard, Paul R ^a   Speakman, Robert J ^c   Farris, Calvin ^a   Witten, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TUNGSTEN;

AIRBORNE TUNGSTEN; BASELINE DATA; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

AIR QUALITY;

METAL; TUNGSTEN;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TUNGSTEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MOSS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TUNGSTEN; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHEN; MOSS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRYOPHYTA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHENS; OREGON; TUNGSTEN;

COLORADO; FALLON; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SWEET HOME MINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846238092     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061278f     Document Type: Article

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