Ambient particulate matter in a central urban area of Seoul, Korea

Chemosphere

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 812-819

  Vellingiri, Kowsalya ^a   Kim, Ki Hyun ^a   Ma, Chang Jin ^b   Kang, Chang Hee ^c   Lee, Jin Hong ^d   Kim, Ik Soo ^e   Brown, Richard J C ^f  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^f NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back trajectory; HYSPLIT; PM10; PM2.5; Yongsan

Indexed keywords

FOG; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

BACK TRAJECTORIES; HYSPLIT; PM10; PM2.5; YONGSAN;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH KOREA; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TIME; VOLCANO;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEOUL; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84919776583     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.08.049     Document Type: Article

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