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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015

PM2.5 in Urban and Rural Nursery Schools in Upper Silesia, Poland: Trace Elements Analysis.

Anna Mainka, Elwira Zajusz-Zubek, Konrad Kaczmarek

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Anna MainkaDepartment of Air Protection, Silesian University of Technology, 22B Konarskiego St., Gliwice 44-100, Poland. Anna.Mainka@polsl.pl.
Elwira Zajusz-ZubekDepartment of Air Protection, Silesian University of Technology, 22B Konarskiego St., Gliwice 44-100, Poland. Elwira.Zajusz-Zubek@polsl.pl.
Konrad KaczmarekInstitute of Mathematics, Silesian University of Technology, 23 Kaszubska St., Gliwice 44-100, Poland. Konrad.Kaczmarek@polsl.pl.

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Abstract

Indoor air quality (IAQ) in nursery schools is an emerging public health challenge. Particular attention should be paid to younger children, because they are more vulnerable to air pollution than older children. Among air pollutants, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is of the greatest interest mainly due to its strong association with acute and chronic effects on children's health. In this paper, we present concentrations of PM2.5 and the composition of its trace elements at naturally ventilated nursery schools located in the area of Gliwice, Poland. The nursery schools were selected to characterize areas with different degrees of urbanization and traffic densities during the winter and spring seasons. The results indicate there is a problem with elevated concentrations of PM2.5 inside the examined classrooms. The children's exposure to trace elements was different based on localization and season. PM2.5 concentration and its trace element composition have been studied using correlation coefficients between the different trace elements, the enrichment factor (EF) and principal component analysis (PCA). PCA allowed the identification of the three components: anthropogenic and geogenic sources (37.2%), soil dust contaminated by sewage sludge dumping (18.6%) and vehicular emissions (19.5%).

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Rural PopulationSchools, NurseryUrban PopulationAir PollutantsAir Pollution, IndoorChildDustEnvironmental MonitoringHumansParticle SizeParticulate MatterPolandPrincipal Component AnalysisSeasonsTrace ElementsVehicle EmissionsAir PollutantsDustParticulate MatterTrace ElementsVehicle Emissionschildrenenrichment factor (EF)indoor air qualityPM2.5principal component analysis (PCA)trace elements

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