Specific sources of health risks induced by metallic elements in PM2.5 during the wintertime in Beijing, China

• Published in: Atmospheric environment (1994) Vol. 246; p. 118112
• Main Authors: Fan, Mei-Yi, Zhang, Yan-Lin, Lin, Yu-Chi, Cao, Fang, Sun, Yele, Qiu, Yanmei, Xing, Guanhua, Dao, Xu, Fu, Pingqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2021
• Subjects: air pollution; arsenic; carcinogenicity; China; combustion; environment; Health risk assessments; human health; Metal elements; nickel; oils; PMF model; risk; traffic; Traffic-related emissions; winter; China; Metal elements; Traffic-related emissions; Health risk assessments; PMF model

Haze pollution occurs frequently over northern China Plain (NCP) during winter, resulting in great threats to human health. So far, limited studies have linked between emission sources and health risks from ambient field measurements. In this work, PM2.5 samples were collected in Beijing in the 2018...