Determination of metal accumulation in deposited street dusts in Amman, Jordan

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Al Khashman, Omar Ali ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Jordan; Metals; Statistical analysis; Street dust

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JORDAN; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JORDAN; METALS, HEAVY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33846659116     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9067-8     Document Type: Review

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