Extracting dust from soil: A simple solution to a tricky task

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 589-593

  Ljung, Karin ^a,b,c   Torin, Andreas ^b,c,d   Smirk, Michael ^a   Maley, Fiona ^a,b,c   Cook, Angus ^a,b,c   Weinstein, Philip ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma ^*  (Australia)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dust extraction; Lung bioaccessibility; Particle size fractionation; PM10; Soil; Stokes's law

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; FILTRATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WELL EQUIPMENT;

DUST EXTRACTION; LUNG BIOACCESSIBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONATION; PM10; STOKES'S LAW;

AIR POLLUTION;

SULFATE;

AIR QUALITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; DUST; EXTRACTION METHOD; FILTER; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SIEVING; SOIL EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILTRATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 56249128199     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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