Assessment of annual air pollution levels with PM1, PM2.5, PM10 and associated heavy metals in Algiers, Algeria

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 232, Issue , 2018, Pages 252-263

  Talbi, Abdelhamid ^a   Kerchich, Yacine ^b   Kerbachi, Rabah ^a   Boughedaoui, Ménouèr ^c  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDEA   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Desert dust; Heavy metals; PM10; PM1; PM2.5; SEM EDX; Size segregated fractions; Submicrometric particles; XRF

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY METALS; METAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ROADSIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALGERIA; DESERT DUST; PM10; PM2.5; SEM-EDX; SIZE-SEGREGATED FRACTIONS; SUBMICROMETRIC PARTICLE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALUMINUM; CARBON; CHLORINE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGERIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGER [ALGERIA]; ALGERIA; ALGIERS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALGERIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85029705937     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.041     Document Type: Article

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