Modelling 10-year trends of PM10 and related toxic heavy metal concentrations in four cities in India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1084-1095

  Gupta, Indrani ^a   Salunkhe, Abhaysinh ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; India; Lung disease; PM10; SK test; T test adjusted for seasonality; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; FUEL QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL FUELS; LUNG DISEASE; MEGACITIES; PM10; SEASONALITY; TOXIC HEAVY METALS; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AIR QUALITY; VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY;

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; METALS; STATISTICAL TESTS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC POLICY; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CHENNAI; DELHI; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77952372593     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.117     Document Type: Article

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