Impact of dust filter installation in ironworks and construction on brownfield area on the toxic metal concentration in street and house dust (Celje, Slovenia)

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-301

  Žibret, Gorazd ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Celje; House dust; Industrial dust filters; Ironworks; Street sediment; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

BROWNFIELD SITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION; DUST; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FILTER; INSTALLATION; INVESTMENT; IRON; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; STREET CANYON; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

CELJE; SLOVENIA;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DUST; FILTRATION; HOUSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METALLURGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SLOVENIA;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FILTRATION; HOUSING; METALLURGY; METALS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84863113893     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0188-7     Document Type: Article

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