Temporal trends of elements in Turin (Italy) atmospheric particulate matter from 1976 to 2001

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2578-2588

  Malandrino, Mery ^a   Di Martino, Massimo ^b   Giacomino, Agnese ^a   Geobaldo, Francesco ^c   Berto, Silvia ^a   Grosa, Mauro M ^b   Abollino, Ornella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elements in TSP; Enrichment factors; Pattern recognition; TSP; Turin (Piedmont Region Italy)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; CHEMOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; TURIN (PIEDMONT REGION ITALY); WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BARIUM; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENRICHMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84875805219     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.102     Document Type: Article

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