Comparison between urban and rural pollen of Chenopodium alba and characterization of adhered pollutant aerosol particles

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Guedes, A ^a   Ribeiro, N ^a   Ribeiro, H ^a   Oliveira, M ^a   Noronha, F ^a   Abreu, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chenopodium alba; Pollen; Protein content; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON CONTAINING; CHENOPODIUM ALBA; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; MORPHOLOGY AND SIZE; POLLEN; PROTEIN CONTENTS;

PROTEINS;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL PLANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIESEL; EXHAUST EMISSION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; POLLEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RURAL AREA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA;

CHENOPODIUM;

EID: 57949093894     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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