Local and regional anthropogenic influence on PM2.5 elements in Hong Kong

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 5994-6004

  Hagler, G S W ^a   Bergin, M H ^a,b   Salmon, L G ^c   Yu, J Z ^d   Wan, E C H ^d   Zheng, M ^b   Zeng, L M ^e   Kiang, C S ^e   Zhang, Y H ^e   Schauer, J J ^f  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Elements; Pearl River Delta; PM2.5; Source areas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PARTICULATE MATTER (PM); PEARL RIVER DELTA; PM2.5; SOURCE AREAS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ALUMINUM; BROMINE; CALCIUM; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HONG KONG; SHENZHEN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 34547662978     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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