PIXE analysis of PM 2.5 and PM 2.5-10 for air quality assessment of Islamabad, Pakistan: Application of chemometrics for source identification

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2016-2027

  Waheed, Shahida ^a   Jaafar, Muhammad Z ^b   Siddique, Naila ^a   Markwitz, Andreas ^c   Brereton, Richard G ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; cluster analysis (CA); coarse particulates; fine particulates; principal component analysis (PCA); proton induced ray emission (PIGE); proton induced X ray emission (PIXE)

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AS-SOILS; AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMOMETRICS; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; COARSE PARTICULATES; CONCENTRATION VARIATION; DATA SETS; FINE PARTICULATES; ISLAMABAD; ISLAMABAD , PAKISTAN; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PAKISTAN; PIXE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION SOURCES; PROTON INDUCED X-RAY EMISSIONS; ROAD DUSTS; SOIL PARTICLES; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SUBURBAN AREAS; WOOD COMBUSTION;

AIR QUALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL COMBUSTION; DUST; FERTILIZERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FUNGICIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FERTILIZER; FUNGICIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMOMETRICS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; EXHAUST GAS; INCINERATION; PAKISTAN; PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMELTER; SOIL; AIR POLLUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864834709     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.695559     Document Type: Article

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