Levels and speciation of arsenic in the atmosphere in Beijing, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 845-850

  Yang, Guosheng ^a   Ma, Lingling ^a   Xu, Diandou ^a   Li, Jie ^a   He, Tingting ^a   Liu, Liyan ^b   Jia, Hongliang ^c   Zhang, Yongbao ^d   Chen, Yang ^a   Chai, Zhifang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air; Arsenic; Beijing; Risk assessment; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARSENIC; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BEIJING; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; HYDRIDE GENERATION ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; MONOMETHYLARSONATE; ORGANO-ARSENIC SPECIES; SPECIATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84862813436     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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