Urban snow indicates pollution originating from road traffic

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 195, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-63

  Kuoppamäki, Kirsi ^a   Setälä, Heikki ^a   Rantalainen, Anna Lea ^a   Kotze, D Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Metals; Nitrogen; PAH; Phosphorus; Snow; Traffic; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SNOW;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SNOW;

EID: 84907587715     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.08.019     Document Type: Article

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