Seasonal variations and evidence for the effectiveness of pollution controls on water-soluble inorganic species in total suspended particulates and fine particulate matter from Xi'an, China

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1560-1570

  Shen, Zhenxing ^a,b   Arimoto, Richard ^c   Cao, Junji ^b   Zhang, Renjian ^d   Li, Xuxiang ^a   Du, Na ^a   Okuda, Tomoaki ^e   Nakao, Shunsuke ^e   Tanaka, Shigeru ^e  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c New Mexico State University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DUST; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; MOLAR RATIO; NITRATES; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; STORMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AMMONIUM BISULFATE; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; MASS CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; WATER SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 58149296256     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.58.12.1560     Document Type: Article

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