Trace metals in different socioeconomic indoor residential settings, implications for human health via dust exposure

• Published in: Ecotoxicology and environmental safety Vol. 189; p. 109927
• Main Authors: Salem Ali Albar, Hussain Mohammed, Ali, Nadeem, Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani, Syed Ali, Alhakamy, Nabil A., Nazar, Ehtisham, Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz, Shahzad, Khurram, Ibrahim Ismail, Iqbal Mohammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.02.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Air Pollution, Indoor - statistics & numerical data; Cadmium; Chromium; Copper; Dust - analysis; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Environmental Monitoring; Floor and AC filter dust; Heavy Metal Poisoning; Heavy metals; Households; Human exposure; Humans; Manganese; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Risk Assessment; Saudi Arabia; Socioeconomic Factors; Trace Elements; Zinc; Saudi Arabia; Households; Heavy metals; Floor and AC filter dust; Human exposure

In this study a number of heavy metals namely chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), barium (Ba), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), rubidium (Rb), selenium (Se) are studied in the floor and air condition (AC) filter dust collected from urban and rural households of Saudi Arabia. To the best...