Geochemical and size variations in inhalable UK airborne particles: The limitations of mass measurements

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 899-902

  Moreno, Teresa ^a   Gibbons, Wes ^a,b   Jones, Tim ^b   Richards, Roy ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legislation; Particulate materials; Public health; Silicates; UK

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILICATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744316899     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-034     Document Type: Article

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