Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal in Ambient Air (Case Study : Ahvaz,Iran)

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Rohallah Alidadi ¹ , nabiollah Mansouri ² , AmirHooman Hemmasi ³ , Seyed Alireza Mirzahosseini ⁴

1 - Environmental Engineering Department Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University Tehran,Iran
2 - Environmental Engineering Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University ,Tehran,Iran
3 - Environmental Engineering Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran
4 - Environmental Engineering Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran

Received: 2020-01-14 Accepted : 2020-09-01 Published : 2020-09-01

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