Biogeochemical behavior of selenium in soil-air-water environment and its effects on human health

ZN Xu, ZQ Lin, GS Zhao, YB Guo - International Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Selenium as an essential trace element for human beings and animals plays a critical role in
human and animal health via various selenoproteins. Recently, the biogeochemical …

Pollution and health risk assessment of toxic metal (loid) s in soils under different land use in sulphide mineralized areas

L Ma, T Xiao, Z Ning, Y Liu, H Chen, J Peng - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxic metal (loid) pollution in sulphide mineralized area has been increasingly concerned.
In the present study, the pollution characteristics and the health risk of Hg, As, Tl and other …

Characteristics of trace elements in PM2. 5 and PM10 of Chifeng, northeast China: Insights into spatiotemporal variations and sources

Y Hao, X Meng, X Yu, M Lei, W Li, F Shi, W Yang… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Trace elements in atmospheric particular matter play a significant role in controlling aerosol
behavior, and can thereby endanger air quality. Here, the comprehensive investigation on …

Contamination levels and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in size-fractionated road dust of Moscow

DV Vlasov, JY Vasil'chuk, NE Kosheleva… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The distributions of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) among PM1, PM1–10, PM10–50, and
PM50–1000 fractions of the road dust were studied in the western and eastern parts of …

Determination of trace metals in TSP and PM2. 5 materials collected in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, Mexico: A characterization study by XPS, ICP-AES and …

LT González, FEL Rodríguez… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
The concentration levels of trace metals of toxicological importance were evaluated in the
total suspended particles (TSP) and particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) …

[HTML][HTML] Potential health risks of indoor particulate matter heavy metals in resource-constrained settings of South Africa

B Shezi, N Jafta, RN Naidoo - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
Evidence suggests that pollutants like particulate matter and heavy metals significantly
impact health. This study investigated the determinants and sources of indoor PM2. 5 heavy …

Size distributions and health risks of particulate trace elements in rural areas in northeastern China

J Wang, Y Pan, S Tian, X Chen, L Wang, Y Wang - Atmospheric Research, 2016 - Elsevier
To characterize the airborne trace elements (Be, Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn,
Se, Mo, Ag, Cd, Ba, Tl, Pb, Th and U) in rural areas in northeastern China, size-resolved …

Atmospheric ambient trace element concentrations of PM10 at urban and sub-urban sites: source apportionment and health risk estimation

Z Bozkurt, E O. Gaga, F Taşpınar, A Arı, B Pekey… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
In this study, PM 10 concentrations and elemental (Al, Fe, Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As,
Se, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Ba, Pb, and Bi) contents of particles were determined in Düzce …

Investigation of biomass burning chemical components over Northern Southeast Asia during 7-SEAS/BASELInE 2014 campaign

C Khamkaew, S Chantara, R Janta, SK Pani… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2016 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTThis study investigates the chemical components of biomass burning (BB)
aerosols obtained from Doi Ang Khang (DAK; near BB source) and Chiang Mai University …

Impact of gold-mining activity on trace elements enrichment in the West African estuaries: The case of Pra and Ankobra rivers with the Volta estuary (Ghana) as the …

E Klubi, JM Abril, E Nyarko, A Delgado - Journal of Geochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aimed at assessing trace element concentrations in two representative estuaries
of Ghana (Pra and Ankobra) affected by gold-mining, relative to the levels of the unaffected …