Spatial distribution and risk assessment of metals in dust based on samples from nursery and primary schools of Xi'an, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-182

  Chen, Hao ^a   Lu, Xinwei ^a   Li, Loretta Y ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dust; Health risk; Metals; Nursery; Primary school; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894378499     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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