Sources and characteristics of lead pollution in the urban environment of Guangzhou

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 182-195

  Duzgoren Aydin, Nurdan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Guangzhou; Pb contamination; Pb isotope composition; Urban dusts; Urban geochemistry

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTOPES; LEAD;

ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; URBAN DUSTS; URBAN GEOCHEMISTRY;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ISOTOPE; LEAD;

COMBUSTION; DUST; EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PROVENANCE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY PLANNING; COAL MINING; COMBUSTION; DUST; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXHAUST GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE TRACING; LEAD POISONING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SOIL; URBANIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 34548455387     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.047     Document Type: Article

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