Total element concentration and chemical fractionation in airborne particulate matter from Santiago, Chile

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 6729-6738

  Richter, Pablo ^a   Griño, Paulina ^a   Ahumada, Inés ^a   Giordano, Ady ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chemical fractionation; PM10; Santiago Chile; Total element concentration

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBONATES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH CARE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SILICATES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SANTIAGO CHILE; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548799149     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.053     Document Type: Article

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