Seasonal variation of heavy metals in ambient air and precipitation at a single site in Washington, DC

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-98

  Melaku, Samuel ^a   Morris, Vernon ^a   Raghavan, Dharmaraj ^a   Hosten, Charles ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Metals; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; DEPOSITION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MICROFLUIDICS; NONMETALS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AMBIENT AIR (AA); ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METALS IN AMBIENT AIR; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SINGLE SITES; WASHINGTON; WET-DEPOSITION;

METALS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD;

AMBIENT AIR; HEAVY METAL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; LEACHING; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CITIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; PRECIPITATION; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 46049088574     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.038     Document Type: Article

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