Assessment of heavy metals in suspended particulate matter in Moradabad, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 357-361

  Pal, Raina ^a   Gupta, Mahima A ^a   Tripathi, Anamika ^a  

^a HINDU COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brassware industries; Heavy metals; Suspended particulate matter; Traffic density

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; BRASS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; PARTICLE SIZE; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

INDIA; MORADABAD; UTTAR PRADESH;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898686348     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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