An assessment of heavy metals contributed by industry in urban atmosphere from Nanjing, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy industry activity; Heavy metal flux; Urban atmosphere

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; HEAVY INDUSTRY ACTIVITY; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL FLUX; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; NANJING; NANJING , CHINA; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERES;

BARIUM; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

BARIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 67650588316     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0411-6     Document Type: Article

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