Composition of heavy metals and airborne fibers in the indoor environment of a building during renovation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 479-489

  Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Baharudin, Nor Hafizah ^a   Velayutham, Puvaneswary ^a   Awang, Normah ^a   Hamdan, Harimah ^a   Mohamad, Ruqyyah ^b   Mokhtar, Mazlin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Golden Business Excellences Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Airborne fibers; Heavy metals; Indoor dust; Laboratory; PM 10; Renovation

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE FIBERS; BACKGROUND VALUE; CELLULOSE ESTERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; INDOOR DUST; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; MEMBRANE FILTERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPES; RENOVATION; RESPIRABLE DUST; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

ASBESTOS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; ESTERS; FIBERS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

METALS;

ASBESTOS; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAVY METAL; INDOOR AIR; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORK; DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ASBESTOS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION; DUST; ESTERS; FIBERS; HEAVY METALS; MASS SPECTROMETERS;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 80054748362     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1843-3     Document Type: Article

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