TY - GEN AU - Lisenfeld , Ute AU - Ferrara, A. PY - 1998 SN - 0004-637X SN - 1538-4357 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29061 AB - We have compared the metallicity (represented by oxygen abundance), and the dust-to-gas ratio, in a sample of dwarf galaxies. For dwarf irregulars (dIrrs) we find a good correlation between the two quantities, with a power-law index 0.54±0.2. Blue... LA - eng PB - American Astronomical Society; Institute of Physics (IOP) KW - ISM KW - Abundances KW - Dust KW - Extinction KW - Galaxies KW - Irregulars KW - Evolution KW - Infrared TI - Dust-to-gas ratio and metal abundance in dwarf galaxies ER -