Possible markers of traffic-related emissions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 117-125

  Dongarrà, Gaetano ^a   Manno, Emanuela ^a   Varrica, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimony; Brake pads; Chemical tracers; Environmental geochemistry; PM10 and PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR PARTICULATE MATTERS; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; BRAKE DUST; BRAKE PADS; CHEMICAL TRACERS; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PINE NEEDLE; PM10 AND PM2.5; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; ROAD VEHICLES; TRAFFIC-RELATED;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANTIMONY; BRAKE LININGS; MOLYBDENUM; PERMANENT MAGNETS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ANTIMONY; CARBON MONOXIDE; COPPER; MOLYBDENUM; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANTIMONY; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; MOLYBDENUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PINE; PLANT LEAF;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SICILY; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CALTANISSETTA; CATANIA [SICILY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GELA; ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PLATANUS;

EID: 67650603861     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0382-7     Document Type: Article

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