Heavy metals in airborne particulate matter of an industrial area in Attica, Greece and their possible sources

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-462

  Ochsenkühn, Klaus Michael ^a   Ochsenkühn Petropoulou, Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate matter; Anodic stripping voltammetry; Concentration roses; Industrial area; PM 10 2.5; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; METALS INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; ZINC;

ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ROSA;

EID: 43749108825     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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