Characterization of aerosol particles at an industrial background site in Nairobi, Kenya

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Gatari, Michael J ^a   Boman, Johan ^b   Wagner, Annemarie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR POLLUTANTS; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MASS; COARSE FRACTIONS; FINE FRACTION; HARMFUL CHEMICALS; HARMFUL ELEMENTS; PARTICULATE MASS; URBAN AEROSOLS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 59849087154     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: 10974539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.1097     Document Type: Article

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