Traffic-related elements in airborne particulate matter

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-49

  Smichowski, Patricia ^a   Gómez, Darío ^a   Frazzoli, Chiara ^b   Caroli, Sergio ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate matter; Antimony; Food commodities; Lead; Palladium; Platinum; Platinum group elements; Rhodium; Traffic related elements

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECIATION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC-RELATED ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 39049146965     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704920701645886     Document Type: Review

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