Hosted and free-floating metal-bearing atmospheric nanoparticles in Mexico city

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2299-2304

  Adachi, Kouji ^a   Buseck, Peter R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AMBIENT AIR; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COMPLEX URBAN AREA; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN HEALTH; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MEGACITIES; MEXICO CITY; SMALL SIZE;

MERCURY (METAL); NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

IRON; LEAD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; ZINC;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HEALTH IMPACT; MEGACITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MEXICO; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERE; HEALTH; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MEXICO; PARTICLE SIZE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 77950190532     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902505b     Document Type: Article

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