Comparison of trace element concentrations in ambient air of industrial and residential areas in Tehran city

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1413-1423

  Sekhavatjou, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Hosseini Alhashemi, Azamalsadat ^a   Rostami, Ali ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Industrial and residential areas; Total suspended particles; Trace elements; Urban air pollutants

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HAFNIUM; LANTHANUM; MANGANESE; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; SILVER; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRAN; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; IRAN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 82455175273     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9001-5     Document Type: Article

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