Source identification of particulate matter collected at underground subway stations in Seoul, Korea using quantitative single-particle analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2287-2293

  Jung, Hae Jin ^a   Kim, BoWha ^a   Ryu, JiYeon ^a   Maskey, Shila ^a   Kim, Jo Chun ^b   Sohn, Jongryeul ^c   Ro, Chul Un ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON PROBE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; INDOOR SOURCES; MASS CONCENTRATION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLATFORM SCREEN DOOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING LOCATION; SEOUL , KOREA; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SINGLE-PARTICLE ANALYSIS; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

DOORS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUBWAY STATIONS; UNDERPASSES;

RAILROADS;

IRON;

IRON; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; TUNNEL;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77953110044     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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