Antimony as a traffic-related element in size-fractionated road dust samples collected in Buenos Aires

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-67

  Fujiwara, Fabián ^a   Rebagliati, Raúl Jiménez ^b   Marrero, Julieta ^b   Gómez, Darío ^b,c,d   Smichowski, Patricia ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry; Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry; Road dust; Traffic related elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649634467     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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