Monitoring and source apportionment for particulate matter pollution in six asian cities
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Author list: Oanh N.T.K., Pongkiatkul P., Cruz M.T., Dung N.T., Phillip L., Zhuang G., Lestari P.
Publisher: Hindawi
Publication year: 2012
Start page: 97
End page: 124
Number of pages: 28
ISBN: 9781439862261; 9781439862254
ISSN: 0146-9428
eISSN: 1745-4557
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
Abstract
Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) has multiple effects on human health and the environment. Major emission sources, highlighted in Chapter 1 of this book, release not only a huge amount of primary PM but also precursor gases, which subsequently form secondary PM in the atmosphere. High levels of total suspended PM (TSP) and PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 ตm) in populated urban areas of Asia have been reported (Gupta et al., 2006; Health Effects Institute [HEI], 2004; Molina and Molina, 2004; Tsai and Chen, 2006). Fragmented available data of PM2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 ตm) also showed very high levels of this toxic air pollutant, often exceeding the WHO guideline by a factor of 2 or more (Hopke et al., 2008; Kim Oanh et al., 2006). ฉ 2013 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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