Health risk assessment and the application of CF-PMF: a pollution assessment–based receptor model in an urban soil

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 21; no. 9; pp. 3117 - 3136
• Main Authors: Agyeman, Prince Chapman, Ahado, Samuel Kudjo, John, Kingsley, Kebonye, Ndiye Michael, Vašát, Radim, Borůvka, Luboš, Kočárek, Martin, Němeček, Karel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural production; air drying; Anthropogenic factors; carcinogenicity; Carcinogens; Chromium; Contamination; Copper; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental assessment; Environmental Physics; Factorization; Fluorescence; health effects assessments; Health risk assessment; Health risks; human health; Human influences; Indigenous peoples; Industrial areas; Lead; livelihood; Manganese; Mitigation; Nickel; pollution; Pollution abatement; Pollution index; Pollution sources; principal component analysis; Principal components analysis; Receptors; risk; Risk assessment; Root-mean-square errors; Sec 3 • Remediation and Management of Contaminated or Degraded Lands • Review Article; Soil; Soil contamination; Soil pollution; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Spatial distribution; urban soils; urbanization; X-radiation; X-ray fluorescence; Zinc; Spatial distribution; Urban soil; Health risk assessment; Contamination factor-positive matrix factorization; Principal component analysis

Purpose This study was carried out to assess human health risk exposure, to apply a novel pollution assessment–based receptor model CF-PMF (contamination factor-positive matrix factorization), and to estimate the extent of contamination across seven cities in the Frydek-Mistek district. Nevertheless...