Preliminary Assessment of Health Risks of Potentially Toxic Elements in Settled Dust over Beijing Urban Area
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Preliminary Assessment of Health Risks of Potentially Toxic Elements in Settled Dust over Beijing Urban Area
To examine levels, health risks, sources, and spatial distributions of potentially toxic elements in settled dust over Beijing urban area, 62 samples were collected mostly from residential building outdoor surfaces, and their <63 μm fractions were measured for 12 potentially toxic elements. The results show that V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, and Ba in dust are from predominantly natural sources, whereas C...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13050491