Effect of fireworks display on perchlorate in air aerosols during the Spring Festival

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1323-1327

  Shi, Yali ^a   Zhang, Ning ^b   Gao, Jianmin ^c   Li, Xin ^c   Cai, Yaqi ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Environmental Monitoring Central Station of Gansu   (China)

^c Institute of Beijing Criminal Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Fireworks air aerosol; Perchlorate; Spring Festival

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DETECTION LIMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FIREWORKS AIR AEROSOL; GANSU PROVINCE; HUMAN BODIES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORATE LEVELS; SPRING FESTIVAL; THYROID TISSUE;

IODINE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

PERCHLORATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; CULTURAL TRADITION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISORDER; HEALTH RISK; IODINE; PERCHLORATE; PERSISTENCE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FIREWORKS DISPLAY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; YUZHONG;

EID: 79651472464     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.056     Document Type: Article

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