Chemical composition and sources of particle pollution in affluent and poor neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Zheng ^a   Dionisio, Kathie L ^a   Verissimo, Thiago G ^b   Kerr, Americo S ^b   Coull, Brent ^a   Arku, Raphael E ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Spengler, John D ^a   Hughes, Allison F ^c   Vallarino, Jose ^a   Agyei Mensah, Samuel ^c   Ezzati, Majid ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; air pollution; particulate matter; source apportionment; sustainable development; urbanization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; FORESTRY; INCINERATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION SOURCES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; PARTICLE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLLUTION CONTROL; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLLUTION;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; GEOLOGY; PARTICLES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84891953729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044025     Document Type: Article

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