Changes of emissions and atmospheric deposition of mercury, lead, and cadmium

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-127

  Pacyna, Jozef M ^a,b   Pacyna, Elisabeth G ^a   Aas, Wenche ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air concentrations; Anthropogenic sources; Atmospheric emission; Emission scenarios; Emission trends; Europe; Heavy metals; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; ATMOSPHERICS; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; EMISSION SCENARIOS; EMISSION TRENDS; EUROPE; PRECIPITATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; TRACE METAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; HEAVY METAL; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EUROPE; LAW; METAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 56449113365     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.066     Document Type: Article

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