Road traffic is one of the main sources of particulate matter in the atmosphere. Despite its
importance, there are significant challenges in quantitative evaluation of its contribution to …

Particulate matter (PM) is a key indicator of air pollution and a significant risk factor for
adverse health outcomes in humans. PM is not a self-contained pollutant but a mixture of …

A total of 96 street dusts and 96 roadside soils have been sampled from three different
localities (urban, industrial, peripheral) of the city of Kavala (Greece) and analyzed for Pb …

The presence of heavy metals (HMs) in particulate matters (PMs) particularly fine particles
such as PM 2.5 poses potential risk to the health of human being. The purpose of this study …

Urban soils act as the repository for a number of environmental burdens, including Pb.
Significant attention has been devoted to reducing Pb burdens to children with outstanding …

Atmospheric deposition is one of the most important pathways of urban stormwater pollution.
Atmospheric deposition, which can be in the form of either wet or dry deposition have distinct …

We assessed the interactions among the particulate matter (PM) components in generating
the reactive oxygen species (ROS) based on a dithiothreitol (DTT) assay. We started with the …

In 1996 and 1997 horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) and Turkish hazel (Corulys
colurna L.) leaves were sampled at 2m height in the Belgrade Botanic Garden, located in an …

This study investigated the characteristics of mass size distributions and metallic elements in
the airborne particulate matter from an urban, residential area in Ulsan, Korea. Daily PM …

Abstract Metropolitan Urban areas in Greece have been known to suffer from poor air
quality, due to variety of emission sources, topography and climatic conditions favouring the …