A comprehensive assessment of heavy metal contamination in road dusts along a hectic national highway of Bangladesh: Spatial distribution, sources of …

MH Kabir, T Kormoker, RS Shammi, TR Tusher… - Toxin …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human activities around or within national highways, combined with atmospheric mixing,
produce road dust, which can cause health problems through a variety of exposure routes …

Seasonal variability of PM2. 5 and PM10 composition and sources in an urban background site in Southern Italy

D Cesari, GE De Benedetto, P Bonasoni… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Comparison of fine and coarse fractions in terms of sources and dynamics is scarce
in southeast Mediterranean countries; differences are relevant because of the importance of …

Characterization, heavy metal content and health risk assessment of urban road dusts from the historic center of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece

A Bourliva, C Christophoridis, L Papadopoulou… - Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
In the present study, an investigation of the mineralogy and morphology, the heavy metal
content and the health risk of urban road dusts from the second largest city of Greece was …

An integrated PM2. 5 source apportionment study: positive matrix factorisation vs. the chemical transport model CAMx

MC Bove, P Brotto, F Cassola, E Cuccia… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Receptor and Chemical Transport Models are commonly used tools in source
apportionment studies, even if different expertise is required. We describe an experiment …

Chemical characterization, source apportionment and transport pathways of PM2. 5 and PM10 over Indo Gangetic Plain of India

S Jain, SK Sharma, MK Srivastava, A Chatterjee… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work depicts the spatial and temporal variations in chemical characteristics and
sources of PM 2.5 and PM 10 over Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India from January 2015 to …

An inter-comparison of PM2. 5 at urban and urban background sites: Chemical characterization and source apportionment

D Cesari, A Donateo, M Conte, E Merico… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
A measurement campaign was performed between 04/03/2013 and 17/07/2013 for
simultaneous collection of PM 2.5 samples in two nearby sites in southeastern Italy: an …

Atmospheric impact of ship traffic in four Adriatic-Ionian port-cities: Comparison and harmonization of different approaches

E Merico, A Gambaro, A Argiriou… - … Research Part D …, 2017 - Elsevier
Shipping is a growing transport sector representing a relevant share of atmospheric
pollutant emissions at global scale. In the Mediterranean Sea, shipping affects air quality of …

Composition of selected heavy metals in road dust from Kuala Lumpur city centre

NMM Han, MT Latif, M Othman, D Dominick… - Environmental Earth …, 2014 - Springer
This study was carried out in order to determine the concentration of heavy metals, eg, lead
(Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni) and …

Characteristics of trace elements bound to ambient nanoparticles (PM0. 1) and a health risk assessment in southern Thailand

W Phairuang, M Inerb, M Hata, M Furuuchi - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ambient nanoparticles, or PM 0.1 and thirteen trace elements (Al, Ba, K, Fe, Cr, Cu,
Ni, Na, Mn, Mg, Ti, Pb, and Zn) were studied in Hat Yai, Thailand during the year 2018. The …

Chemical Characterization and Source Apportionment of PM10 Using Receptor Models over the Himalayan Region of India

N Choudhary, A Rai, JC Kuniyal, P Srivastava, R Lata… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study presents the source apportionment of coarse-mode particulate matter (PM10)
extracted by 3 receptor models (PCA/APCS, UNMIX, and PMF) at semi-urban sites of the …