Concentration distribution and bioaccessibility of trace elements in nano and fine urban airborne particulate matter: Influence of particle size

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 213, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 211-225

  Niu, Jianjun ^a   Rasmussen, Pat E ^a,b   Hassan, Nouri M ^a,c   Vincent, Renaud ^a  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airborne particulate matter (PM); Element bioaccessibility; ICP MS; Metal; Nanoparticles; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; BIOACCESSIBILITY; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENT CORRELATIONS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FINE PARTICLES; GENERAL TRENDS; ICP-MS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MICRO-ORIFICE UNIFORM DEPOSIT IMPACTOR; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PARTICLE SAMPLING; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; RE-SUSPENSION; ROAD DUSTS; SIZE FRACTION; SIZE RANGES; SIZE-SELECTIVE; URBAN AIRBORNE PARTICULATE;

AIR QUALITY; BARIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADIUM;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FRACTIONATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 78049336428     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0379-z     Document Type: Article

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