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- Title
Estimation of students' exposure to metal concentrations from river-dust episodes during 1994-2012.
- Authors
Yang, Hao-Jan; Chen, Szu-Chieh; Hu, Chiung-Wen; Chiang, Yi-Chen; Tsai, Ching-Tsan; Lin, Pin-Yu; Lai, Dian-Jheng; Kuo, Chung-Yih
- Abstract
Two elementary schools (Shiuguang and Fongrong) from Yulin County in Taiwan, near a main area of potential exposure to Aeolian river-dust, were selected to collect outdoor and indoor PM aerosols and to measure five metals in PM (As, Ni, Cr, Cd, and Mn). Significant relationships ( p < 0.01) were found between outdoor PM concentrations at Lunbei's air quality monitoring station and the two elementary schools. The outdoor PM concentrations at the monitoring station and the schools' indoor PM concentrations also showed significant correlations. This study also established a relationship between the outdoor and indoor concentrations of PM and metals in the schools. Estimations were made regarding students' 8 h of exposure to metal concentrations from river-dust episodes during 1994-2012, based on correlation equations that were shown to be statistically significant.
- Subjects
AEROSOLS &; the environment; AEROSOLS; METALS &; the environment; METAL toxicology; ENVIRONMENTAL toxicology
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2017, Vol 24, Issue 6, p5679
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-016-8316-3