Textural characteristics of dust fallout and potential effect on public health in Kuwait City and suburbs

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-181

  Al Hurban, Adeeba Essa ^a   Al Ostad, Abdulaziz Naser ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Mechanical Engineering   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dust fallout; Environmental hazards; Minerals; Sediments; Texture

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CALCITE PARTICLES; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; GRAIN SIZE; HAZARDOUS EFFECTS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HEALTH; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; ORAL DOSE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY EFFECTS; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FALLOUT; GYPSUM; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM; TEXTURES; ZINC;

DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALCITE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FALLOUT; GYPSUM; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARTZ; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TEXTURE; URBAN AREA;

KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 77954050079     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0177-3     Document Type: Article

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