Temporal determination of heavy metals in PM2.5 aerosols in a suburban site of Athens, Greece

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Vasilakos, Chirstos ^a   Pateraki, Stella ^a   Veros, Dimitrios ^b   Maggos, Thomas ^a   Michopoulos, John ^a   Saraga, Dikaia ^a   Helmis, Costas G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air quality; Heavy metals; Meteorological parameters; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUBURBAN AREA;

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250612199     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-006-9058-2     Document Type: Article

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