Metal and metalloid contaminants in atmospheric aerosols from mining operations

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 145-157

  Csavina, Janae ^a   Landázuri, Andrea ^a   Wonaschütz, Anna ^b   Rine, Kyle ^b   Rheinheimer, Paul ^a   Barbaris, Brian ^b   Conant, William ^b   Sáez, Avelino Eduardo ^a   Betterton, Eric A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Metal contaminants; Metalloid contaminants; Mining operations; MOUDI; SMPS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MINING; AEOLIAN DUSTS; AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIRBORNE METALS; ARIZONA; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATES; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; IMPACTORS; LEAD CONCENTRATION; METAL CONTAMINANTS; MINE TAILINGS; MINING OPERATIONS; MOUDI; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SMPS; SUBMICRON; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE NUMBER; WIND EROSIONS;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; COAGULATION; CONTAMINATION; LEAD SMELTING; MINE DUST; MINING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TAILINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; METAL; METALLOID; SCANDIUM;

AEROSOL; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMELTING; TAILINGS; WIND EROSION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; MINE TAILINGS; MINING; MULTIPLE ORIFICE UNIFORM DEPOSIT IMPACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; UNITED STATES; VAPOR; WIND EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053616208     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0777-x     Document Type: Article

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