2015
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-015-9724-x
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Abstract: This study reports on data obtained from a pilot survey focusing on house dust and toenail metal (loids) concentrations in residents living in the industrial city of Estarreja. The study design hereby described aims at investigating relationships between human toenails and both copper and manganese levels in house dusts. A total of 21 households and 30 individuals were recruited for the pilot study: 19 households corresponding to 27 residents living near the industrial complex, forming the exposed group, pl… Show more

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“…23,24 While there is a reasonable amount of literature available on the identication of sources, especially outdoors, [25][26][27][28] studies that have examined the source apportionment of indoor residential contaminants are still scarce. 29 A few studies on indoor residential environments have examined indicators specic to indoor sources, such as wood burning in replaces, 30 and cooking. 31,32 Urban studies on the composition of street dust have identied elemental tracers and source signatures typically associated with primary urban sources 33,34 (e.g., vehicular traffic, waste incineration).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…23,24 While there is a reasonable amount of literature available on the identication of sources, especially outdoors, [25][26][27][28] studies that have examined the source apportionment of indoor residential contaminants are still scarce. 29 A few studies on indoor residential environments have examined indicators specic to indoor sources, such as wood burning in replaces, 30 and cooking. 31,32 Urban studies on the composition of street dust have identied elemental tracers and source signatures typically associated with primary urban sources 33,34 (e.g., vehicular traffic, waste incineration).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This paper follows on from earlier research undertaken to assess indoor dust ingestion as a potential exposure pathway in the home environment and further investigates the exposurebiomarker relationships. 30 Elevated household dust Zn contents and a few anomalous toenails Pb concentrations justied additional investigation on these two PTEs. Hence, the main aims of this study were: (i) to determine Pb and Zn concentrations in the household dust and residents' toenails; (ii) to develop a methodology to identify potential sources of PTEs in the household dust and estimate their relative contributions and (iii) to investigate exposure-biomarker relationships for the two PTEs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Understanding significant relationships between variables (physicochemical properties, PTEs and PAHs concentrations), between individuals (soil samples), and between variables and individuals of a given dataset, may provide further knowledge on potential sources (Yongming et al, 2006;Reis et al, 2009Reis et al, , 2015. In this study, such associations were investigated using PCA.…”
Section: Relationships Between Pb Pahs Soil Chemistry and Other Meamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The chemical composition of dust, soils, and groundwater may cause metabolic changes that may favor the occurrence of endemic diseases in humans [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. The role of F, I, Se, and As concentrations in the health of human populations is well documented in the scientific literature [21][22][23][24][25][26].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%