Elemental composition and oxidative properties of PM2.5 in Estonia in relation to origin of air masses - results from the ECRHS II in Tartu

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1515-1522

  Orru, Hans ^a,b   Kimmel, Veljo ^c   Kikas, Ülle ^a   Soon, Argo ^a,d   Künzli, Nino ^e   Schins, Roel P F ^f   Borm, Paul J A ^g   Forsberg, Bertil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d Archimedes Foundation   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^g ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air masses; Composition; Health; Oxidative properties; Particulate matter; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COMBUSTION; DUST; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; TRAJECTORIES; URBAN GROWTH;

AIR MASS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRIES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; OXIDATIVE PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT FACTOR ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SILICON; TITANIUM; ZINC;

AIR MASS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ESTONIA; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; URBAN AREA; USSR; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ESTONIA; TARTU;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ESTONIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77952983028     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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