Interlaboratory comparison exercise for the determination of As, Cd, Ni and Pb in PM10 in Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3488-3499

  Gerboles, M ^a   Buzica, D ^a   Brown, R J C ^b   Yardley, R E ^b   Hanus Illnar, A ^c   Salfinger, M ^c   Vallant, B ^c   Adriaenssens, E ^d   Claeys, N ^d   Roekens, E ^d   Sega, K ^e   Jurasovic J ^e   Rychlik, S ^f   Rabinak, E ^f   Tanet, G ^a   Passarella, R ^a   Pedroni, V ^a   Karlsson, V ^g   Alleman, L ^h   Pfeffer, U ⁱ   Gladtke, D ⁱ   Olschewski, A ⁱ   O'Leary, B ^j   O'Dwyer, M ^j   Pockeviciute, D ^k   Biel Cwikowska J ^l   Tursic J ^m   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^d Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^f CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

ⁱ NRW State Agency for Nature and Environment and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

^j ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

^k ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Lithuania)

^l Voivodship Inspectorate of Environmental Protection in Wroclaw   (Poland)

^m Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

more..

Author keywords

Air quality legislation; Heavy metals; Particulate matter speciation; PM10; Uncertainty of measurement

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; HIGH PRESSURE METHOD; ICP-OES; INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISE; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; LOADED FILTER; METHODS OF MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE DIGESTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; REFERENCE METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SUB-SAMPLES; TEST SAMPLES; UNCERTAINTY OF MEASUREMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; STANDARD; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 79956052418     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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