Cacković Mirjana, Sega Kresimir, Vadić Vladimira, Beslić Ivan
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska c. 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2008 Feb;80(2):112-4. doi: 10.1007/s00128-007-9326-0. Epub 2007 Dec 19.
This article presents the results of mass concentration of major acidic anions (chlorides, nitrates and sulphates) in TSP and PM(10) particle fraction in Zagreb air measured continuously at one measuring site in 2004. The annual average mass concentrations of the investigated anions followed the order chloride < nitrate < sulphate. Significant correlations were obtained between TSP and investigated anions and between PM(10) and investigated anions, the latter showing a higher correlation coefficient. The annual average mass ratio of (NO(3)(-))/(SO(4)(2-)) obtained in TSP and PM(10) was >0.8, which suggests that mobile source emission was an important contributor to particle mass.
