Environmental and biological monitoring of iridium in the city of Rome

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 568-573

  Iavicoli, Ivo ^a   Carelli, Giovanni ^a   Bocca, Beatrice ^b   Caimi, Stefano ^b   Fontana, Luca ^a   Alimonti, Alessandro ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Particulate matter; Tram; Urine; Workers

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; IRIDIUM; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES (TSP); VEHICLE TRAFFIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

IRIDIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IRIDIUM; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRIDIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URINE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; IRIDIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ROME; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 43049121043     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.09.037     Document Type: Article

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