Distribution of chemical elements in attic dust in the vicinity of a ferronickel smelter plant

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2306-2314

  Bačeva, Katerina ^a   Stafilov, Trajee ^a   Šajn, Robert ^b   Tänäselia, Claudiu ^c   Popov, Stanko Die ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Romania)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Attic dust; ICP MS; Kavadarci; Macedonia; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENRICHMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; METALLURGY; NICKEL; RURAL AREA; SMELTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE];

EID: 80053100249     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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