Trace elements in street and household dusts in Amman, Jordan

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-496

  Al Momani, Idrees F ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Enrichment factors; Heavy metals; Housedust; ICP OES; Soil; Street dust

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; HEAVY METALS; HOUSES; SOILS;

ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HOUSEDUST; STREET DUST;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 34547917149     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701490184     Document Type: Article

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