Physicochemical characterization of ambient air particulate matter in Tabriz, Iran

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 738-744

  Gholampour, Akbar ^a,b   Nabizadeh, Ramin ^b   Yunesian, Masud ^b   Naseri, Simin ^b   Taghipour, Hasan ^a   Rastkari, Noushin ^b   Nazmara, Shahrokh ^b   Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ions correlations; Particulate matter; Source identification; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

IONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

URBAN GROWTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84904262796     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1276-8     Document Type: Article

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