Distribution of chemical elements in attic dust as reflection of their geogenic and anthropogenic sources in the vicinity of the copper mine and flotation plant

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-184

  Balabanova, Biljana ^a   Stafilov, Trajče ^b   Šajn, Robert ^c   Bačeva, Katerina ^b  

^a Goce Delcev University in Stip   (Macedonia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; COPPER; CORRELATION; DUST; MINE; MINE DRAINAGE; MINE WASTE; OPEN PIT MINE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; HOUSE DUST; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATMOSPHERE; COPPER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE];

EID: 79960437631     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9603-5     Document Type: Article

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