Air particulate emissions in developing countries: A case study in South Africa

Analytical Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1907-1924

  Worobiec, Anna ^a   Potgieter Vermaak, Sanja S ^b,c   Berghmans, Patrick ^d   Winkler, Hartmut ^e   Burger, Roelof ^b   Grieken, Rene V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air pollution; EPMA; Particulate carbon monitoring; PM mass concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051693094     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2010.539734     Document Type: Article

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