Household dust and street sediment as an indicator of recent heavy metals in atmospheric emissions: A case study on a previously heavily contaminated area

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-453

  Žibret, Gorazd ^a   Rokavec, Duška ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric emissions; Celje; Heavy metals; Household dust; Street sediment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; CELJE; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DRY AND WET; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; POLLUTED AREA; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; REFERENCE POINTS; SAMPLING POINTS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; TIO; WHITE PIGMENTS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; DUST; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CELJE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 77954490162     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0356-2     Document Type: Article

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