Implications of the aerosol size distribution modal structure of trace and major elements on human exposure, inhaled dose and relevance to the PM2.5 and PM10 metrics in a European pollution hotspot urban area

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-52

  Zwozdziak, Anna ^a   Gini, Maria I ^b   Samek, Lucyna ^c   Rogula Kozlowska, Wioletta ^d   Sowka, Izabela ^a   Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cascade impactor; Elemental mass size distributions; MMAD; MPPD dosimetry model; PM inhaled dose

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BROAD SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CASCADE IMPACTORS; ELEMENTAL MASS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MMAD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION PATTERN;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENT;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; LOW PRESSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

EID: 84994047719     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.10.004     Document Type: Article

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