Assessment of metal pollution in urban road dusts from selected highways of the Greater Toronto Area in Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1847-1858

  Nazzal, Y ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^b   Al Rawabdeh, Abdulla M ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Greater Toronto Area; Highways; Metals; Roadside dust

Indexed keywords

GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; GREATER TORONTO AREA; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HIGHWAYS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; POLLUTION LOAD INDICES; ROAD-SIDE DUSTS;

AIR POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CONTAMINATION; DUST; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; NICKEL; ROADSIDES; ZINC;

COPPER;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGHWAY; HUMIDITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WIND; CAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

AUTOMOBILES; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; IRON; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; ONTARIO; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874404330     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2672-3     Document Type: Article

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