Impact of the global economic crisis on metal levels in particulate matter (PM) at an urban area in the Cantabria Region (Northern Spain)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1129-1135

  Arruti, A ^a   Fernandez Olmo I ^a   Irabien, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Particulate matter; Trace metals; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CANTABRIA; ECONOMIC CRISIS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; GLOBAL ECONOMICS; MAJOR CITIES; METAL LEVELS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10 CONCENTRATION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; REGIONAL EFFECTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TRACE METAL; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN BACKGROUND;

AIR QUALITY; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; POLLUTION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; RUTHENIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE METAL; TRACER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPAIN;

CANTABRIA; SANTANDER [CANTABRIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 79953769386     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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