Fathi Zereini & Friedrich Alt 
Palladium Emissions in the Environment [PDF ebook] 
Analytical Methods, Environmental Assessment and Health Effects

Automotive Catalysts.- Release of Particulate and Acid Soluble Palladium from Catalytic Converters into the Environment.- Use and Demand of Palladium for the Industry.- Regional Distribution of Pd, Pt and Au-Emissions from the Nickel Industry on the Kola Peninsula, NW-Russia, as Seen in Moss and Humus Samples.- Analysis of Palladium by High Resolution ICP-MS.- Determination of Palladium in Environmental Samples by ICP-MS after Preconcentration / Separation.- Sources of Error and their Elimination for Spectrometric Determination of Palladium in Environmental Samples.- Collision Cell ICP-MS as Tool for the Determination of Palladium.- Solid Sampling GFAAS and ICPMS for the Determination of Trace Amounts of Palladium.- Preconcentration and Separation Methods for the Determination of Trace Palladium in Environmental Samples.- Analytical Problems and Validation of Methods for Determination of Palladium in Environmental Materials.- ICP-MS and Te Co-Precipitation after Nickel Sulphide Fire-Assay Collection for Pd Determination in Roadside Soils.- Determination of Ultra-Trace Levels of Palladium in Environmental Samples by Graphite Furnace Atomic Spectrometry Techniques.- Determination of palladium in road dust and sewage sludge ashes.- Speciation of Palladium in Plants: Method Development for Investigating Metabolic Changes.- Analytical Procedure for the Quantification of in vitro Induced Pt- and Pd-DNA Adducts in Human Lung Cells.- HPLC, Extraction and Solubilities of Pd (II) – und Rh (III)-Dialkyldithiocarbamates and Other Chelate Chemistry.- Analytical Methods to Determine Palladium in Environmental Matrices: A Review.- Regional and Global Transport of Platinum Group Elements from Automobile Catalysts.- Palladium in Waste Waters and Surface Waters of North Rhine-Westfalia.-Anthropogenic Emission of Pd and Traffic-Related PGEs — Results Based on Monitoring with Sewage Sludge.- The Importance of Assessing Variability in the Distribution of Anthropogenic Palladium, Platinum and Rhodium in Fluvial Sediments.- Man-Induced Changes of Palladium in Polar and Alpine Snow and Ice Archives.- Palladium in a Mountain Ecosystem (Aspe Valley, Pyrenees, France).- Short-Term Variation of Palladium in Airborne Particulate Matter.- Palladium in Airborne Particulate Matter: Total Concentrations and Particle Size Distribution.- Source Characterization of Platinum Group Elements Using the Isotopic Composition of Osmium.- Temporal and Spatial Variation of Palladium in the Roadside Environment.- Spatial and Temporal Variation of Anthropogenic Palladium in the Environment.- Palladium in Environmental Matrices: A Review.- Biological Effects of Palladium.- Uptake of Palladium by the Fauna.- Biomonitoring of Palladium in the Environment Using Different Accumulation Indicators.- Biomonitoring of Pt and Pd with Mosses.- Distribution of Palladium, Platinum and Rhodium in Birds of Prey.- Contact Dermatitis to Palladium.- Palladium Occupational Exposure.- Palladium from Catalytic Converters: Exposure Levels and Human Risk.- Palladium Toxicity in Animals and in in vitro Test Systems — An Overview.