All-time releases of mercury to the atmosphere from human activities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 10485-10491

  Streets, David G ^a   Devane, Molly K ^a   Lu, Zifeng ^a   Bond, Tami C ^b   Sunderland, Elsie M ^c   Jacob, Daniel J ^d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; EMISSION LEVEL; EMISSION TRENDS; GLOBAL MERCURY EMISSIONS; HIMALAYAS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; REMOTE REGIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

MERCURY (METAL);

COPPER; MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MERCURY; MINING; POWER PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 83455255725     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202765m     Document Type: Article

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