Contribution of dust storms to PM10 levels in an urban arid environment

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-94

  Krasnov, Helena ^a   Katra, Itzhak ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^b   Friger, Michael D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BEER; DUST; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; BACKGROUND VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10 CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

STORMS;

ARTICLE; DUST; ISRAEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; ISRAEL; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84890708776     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.841599     Document Type: Article

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