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ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
Volume 98, Issue 2-4, Pages 526-537Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.08.019
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Fine and coarse particles; Metal; Excess cancer risk; Factor analysis; Enrichment
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This study investigated the characteristics of mass size distributions and metallic elements in the airborne particulate matter from an urban residential area in Ulsan Korea Daily PM samples were trapped on glass fiber filters from April to August 2008 using an eight-stage cascade impactor The identified concentrations of PM10 PM2 and PM10 were 185 276 and 505 mu g/m(3) respectively Light metals (Na, K, Ca Mg Al) and two heavy metals (Fe and Zn) were detected in high concentrations in the coarse particles while the remaining heavy metals (Cd Cr Cu Ni Mn and Pb) were found mainly in the fine particles The crustal elements were found in higher concentrations in the spring and the anthropogenic elements were found in high concentrations in the summer Chromium was found to have the highest excess cancer risk in a risk evaluation using an Integrated Risk Information System In the results of an analysis of the enrichment factors Cd Pb Cu and Zn were found to be very highly enriched and Cr and Ni were found to be highly enriched Factor analysis permitted the identification of three source groups (dust and vehicle exhaust, Cu smelting and oil combustion) for the fine particles and two source groups (industrial emissions and crustal traffic sources) for coarse particles (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
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