Use of dust fall filters as passive samplers for metal concentrations in air for communities near contaminated mine tailings

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1275-1281

  Beamer, P I ^a   Sugeng, A J ^a   Kelly, M D ^a   Lothrop, N ^a   Klimecki, W ^a   Wilkinson, S T ^a   Loh, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; MANGANESE;

AIR FILTER; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST FALL FILTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMIDITY; MINE TAILINGS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS; MINING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84901649141     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00626c     Document Type: Article

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