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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Classroom Dust-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Jeddah Primary Schools, Saudi Arabia: Level, Characteristics and Health Risk Assessment.

Mansour A Alghamdi, Salwa K Hassan, Noura A Alzahrani, Marwan Y Al Sharif, Mamdouh I Khoder

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mansour A AlghamdiDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80208, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7518-659X
Salwa K HassanAir Pollution Department, National Research Centre, El Behooth Str., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8087-1268
Noura A AlzahraniOffice of Education/South Jeddah (Girls), Department of Primary Grades, Ministry of Education, Jeddah 23524, Saudi Arabia.
Marwan Y Al SharifDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80208, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Mamdouh I KhoderDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80208, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8867-1295
King Abdulaziz University · SAMinistry of Education · SANational Research Centre · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Data concerning polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Jeddah's schools, Saudi Arabia, and their implications for health risks to children, is scarce. Classroom air conditioner filter dusts were collected from primary schools in urban, suburban and residential areas of Jeddah. This study aimed to assess the characteristics of classroom-dust-bound PAHs and the health risks to children of PAH exposure. Average PAH concentrations were higher in urban schools than suburban and residential schools. Benzo (b)fluoranthene (BbF), benzo(ghi)perylene (BGP), chrysene (CRY) and Dibenz[a,h]anthracene (DBA) at urban and suburban schools and BbF, BGP, fluoranthene (FLT) and indeno (1, 2, 3, -cd)pyrene (IND) at residential schools were the dominant compounds in classroom dust. PAHs with five aromatic rings were the most abundant at all schools. The relative contribution of the individual PAH compounds to total PAH concentrations in the classroom dusts of schools indicate that the study areas do share a common source, vehicle emissions. Based on diagnostic ratios of PAHs, they are emitted from local pyrogenic sources, and traffic is the significant PAH source, with more significant contributions from gasoline-fueled than from diesel cars. Based on benzo[a]pyrene equivalent (BaP

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Air PollutantsEnvironmental MonitoringPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsSchoolsDustRisk AssessmentSaudi ArabiaAir PollutantsDustPolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbonscharacteristicsclassrooms air conditioner filter dusthealth riskJeddahlevelPAHsprimary schools

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