Assessment of elemental concentrations in the urban air (case study: Tehran city)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 467-476

  Sekhavatjou, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Rostami, Ali ^b   Hoseini Alhashemi, Azam Sadat ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Suspended particles; Tehran city; Trace elements; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CELLULOSE FILTERS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONGESTED TRAFFIC; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MEGACITIES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION; SAMPLING PROCESS; SAMPLING STATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TIME INTERVAL; URBAN AIR; URBAN AREAS; WIDE SPECTRUM;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BARIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RESEARCH; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRAN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; IRAN; SOFTWARE; URBAN HEALTH;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 77952097827     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0850-8     Document Type: Article

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