Trace Elements in Urban Environments: A Review

Sedimentology of Aqueous Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 108-128

  Charlesworth, Susanne ^a   De Miguel, Eduardo ^b   Ordóñez, Almudena ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exposure to urban pollutants risk and health implications; Particulate materials in urban aerosols sources; Source apportionment chemical mass balance (CMB) model; Trace elements in urban environments and consequences; Urban geochemical cycles predicting hot spots of contamination; Urban geochemical research future trends; Urban particulate materials lead

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651402573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317114.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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