Interlab comparison of elemental analysis for low ambient urban PM2.5 levels

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 12150-12156

  Kang, Choong Min ^a   Achilleos, Souzana ^a   Lawrence, Joy ^a   Wolfson, Jack M ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ELEMENT; EUROPIUM; GOLD; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON; SILVER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TIN; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

AMBIENT AIR; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ERROR ANALYSIS; METAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LABORATORY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; URBAN AREA; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; X RAY TUBE; AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SCHOOL; SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84908141409     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502989j     Document Type: Article

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