Mercury emission from crematories in Japan

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3665-3671

  Takaoka, M ^a   Oshita, K ^a   Takeda, N ^b   Morisawa, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CEMETERY; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

JAPAN;

EID: 77951546998     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3665-2010     Document Type: Article

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