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Assessing risk to human health for heavy metal contamination through street dust in the Southeast Asian Megacity: Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Safiur Rahman, M.D.H. Khan, Y.N. Jolly, J. Kabir, S. Akter, A. Salam

Published April 2019
Journal Science of The Total Environment
Volume 660
Pages 1610-1622
Publisher Elsevier BV
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.425

Trace and heavy metals in airborne particulate matter Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

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M. Safiur Rahman, M.D.H. Khan, Y.N. Jolly, J. Kabir, S. Akter, A. Salam (2019). Assessing risk to human health for heavy metal contamination through street dust in the Southeast Asian Megacity: Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of The Total Environment, 660, 1610-1622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.425

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