Mass loading of size-segregated atmospheric aerosols in the ambient air during fireworks episodes in eastern Central India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 434-439

  Nirmalkar, Jayant ^a   Deb, Manas K ^a   Deshmukh, Dhananjay K ^a   Verma, Santosh K ^b  

^a PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b State Forensic Science Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Diwali festival; PM concentration; Size distribution; Spearman correlation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; DIWALI FESTIVAL; MASS LOADINGS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PM CONCENTRATIONS; RESPIRABLE PARTICULATE MATTERS; SPEARMAN CORRELATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RURAL AREAS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

LOADING;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; LEISURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOLIDAYS; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84876664373     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0938-7     Document Type: Article

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