Fingerprinting metals in urban street dust of Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7111-7117

  Tanner, Peter A ^a   Ma, Hoi Ling ^a   Yu, Peter K N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IRON; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STAINLESS STEEL; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM; ZINC; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BEIJING; ELEMENTAL ANALYSES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; HEALTH IMPACTS; HONG-KONG; MASS SIZE; MEAN DIAMETER; MEGACITIES; OPTICAL-; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; STEEL WEAR; STREET CANYONS; STREET DUSTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; URBAN STREETS;

ROADS AND STREETS; DUST;

CARBON; CERIUM; COPPER; IRON; METAL; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFUR; ZINC;

DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; METAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CITY; DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HONG KONG; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; TRAFFIC;

CHINA; CHROMIUM; CITIES; DUST; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; SHANGHAI;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; HONG-KONG; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MEAN DIAMETER; MEGACITIES; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED ACID DIGESTION; STREET CANYON; STREET DUST; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; URBAN STREET DUSTS; WEAR AND TEAR;

EID: 54849195600     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8007613     Document Type: Article

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