Composition of household dust in semi-urban areas in Malaysia

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Othman, Mohamed Rozali ^a   Kim, Chong Lee ^a   Murayadi, Siti Aminah ^a   Sahaimi, Khairul Nazri Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anions; Cations; Heavy metals; Indoor dust; Street dust

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALAYSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VACUUM;

EID: 63649095641     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X09103014     Document Type: Article

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