Significant emissions of 210Po by coal burning into the urban atmosphere of Seoul, Korea

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-85

  Yan, Ge ^a   Cho, Hyung Mi ^a   Lee, Insung ^a   Kim, Guebuem ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coal burning; Health risk; Po 210; Seoul; Source; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

COAL-BURNING; PO-210; SEOUL; SOURCE; WET DEPOSITION;

COAL; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; POTASSIUM; VANADIUM;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; POLONIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COAL; COMBUSTION; HEALTH RISK; POTASSIUM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; KOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84860641944     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.090     Document Type: Article

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