Multivariate statistical analysis of heavy metals in street dust of Baoji, NW China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 744-749

  Lu, Xinwei ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a   Li, Loretta Y ^b   Lei, Kai ^a   Huang, Li ^a   Kang, Dan ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Dust; Heavy metal; Multivariate analysis; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BACKGROUND VALUE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NW CHINA; STREET DUST; WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; WEST CHINA;

CHROMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DUST; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NICKEL; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS; SPECTROMETRY; ZINC;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; CORRELATION; DUST; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICKEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST; INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ASIA; BAOJI; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

EID: 72049113573     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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