Air pollution at an urban traffic tunnel in Lisbon, Portugal-an INAA study

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1586-1591

  Almeida Silva, M ^a   Canha, N ^a   Freitas, M C ^a   Dung, H M ^a   Dionisio I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Chemical elements; Enrichment factors; INAA; Traffic Tunnel; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR AMBIENT; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; INAA; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MOTOR OIL; PEARSON CORRELATION; PORTUGAL; RE-SUSPENSION; ROAD DUSTS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TIRE WEAR; TRAFFIC TUNNEL; TRAFFIC TUNNELS; URBAN; URBAN TRAFFIC;

AIR QUALITY; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BROMINE; CERIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CERIUM; COPPER; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; IRON; MOLYBDENUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PORTUGAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 80052384492     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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