Chemical characterization and source identification/apportionment of fine and coarse air particles in Thessaloniki, Greece

Genotoxic and mutagenic activity of environmental air samples in Flanders, Belgium

“…Also the PAH profile was in agreement with those of other studies [26,28,30] i.e. lower molecular weight PAHs were the most abundant.…”

Characteristics and Source Analysis of Trace Elements in PM2.5 in the Urban Atmosphere of Wuhan in Spring

“…Meanwhile the value of EF greater than 10 indicates that the element is enriched and associated with human activities (Pan et al, 2013;Pan et al, 2015). Si, Al (Chatterjee et al, 2007) and Fe (Manoli et al, 2002;Dordevic et al, 2005;Samara et al, 2005;Yaroshevsky, 2006) are the most common elements used as reference materials. In this study, Fe was used as the reference material and data from Mason and Morre (1982) was used for the concentrations of elements in the Earth's crust.…”

Heavy metals in particulate and colloidal matter from atmospheric deposition of urban Guangzhou, South China

“…The Huanan road, adjacent to the sampling site, started to be opened to traffic in 2004, which would be responsible for the increase of street dust. Mn and Cr in atmospheric particles are widely considered as source indicators of road dust (Manoli et al, 2002). Besides, Co is a constituent of urban source of dust (Miguel et al, 1997).…”

“…Road dust particles from multiple sources (automobile exhausts, lubricating oil residues, tire and brake lining wear, street surface weathering, leaf detritus, garden soil, etc.) were injected into the atmosphere and redeposited (Manoli et al, 2002). High loadings of Ti, Mn, and Cr reflected the soil source of road dust, while the correlation of the other metals indicated some other sources of road dust (e.g.…”