Chemical and morphological characterization of PM2.5 collected during MILAGRO campaign using scanning electron microscopy

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-300

  Labrada Delgado, Gladis ^a   Aragon Pina, Antonio ^a   Campos Ramos, Arturo ^a   Castro Romero, Telma ^b   Amador Munoz, Omar ^b   Villalobos Pietrini, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elemental composition; Individual characterization; Regional impact; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882808029     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2012.032     Document Type: Article

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