Study of chemical characteristics of particulate matter concentrations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Atmospheric Pollution Research - Tập 6 Số 1 - Trang 88-98 - 2015
Badr Alharbi1, Mohammed M. Shareef2, Tahir Husain2
1National Center for Environmental Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
2Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, St. John's, NL A1B 3X5, Canada

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