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Estimation of students’ exposure to metal concentrations from river-dust episodes during 1994–2012

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Two elementary schools (Shiuguang and Fongrong) from Yulin County in Taiwan, near a main area of potential exposure to Aeolian river-dust, were selected to collect outdoor and indoor PM10 aerosols and to measure five metals in PM10 (As, Ni, Cr, Cd, and Mn). Significant relationships (p < 0.01) were found between outdoor PM10 concentrations at Lunbei’s air quality monitoring station and the two elementary schools. The outdoor PM10 concentrations at the monitoring station and the schools’ indoor PM10 concentrations also showed significant correlations. This study also established a relationship between the outdoor and indoor concentrations of PM10 and metals in the schools. Estimations were made regarding students’ 8 h of exposure to metal concentrations from river-dust episodes during 1994–2012, based on correlation equations that were shown to be statistically significant.

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  1. School of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242

    Hao-Jan Yang, Szu-Chieh Chen, Chiung-Wen Hu, Yi-Chen Chiang & Chung-Yih Kuo

  2. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361102, People’s Republic of China

    Yi-Chen Chiang

  3. Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Fujian Province University, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361102, People’s Republic of China

    Yi-Chen Chiang

  4. Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40402

    Ching-Tsan Tsai

  5. Health Technology Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242

    Pin-Yu Lin, Dian-Jheng Lai & Chung-Yih Kuo

  6. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242

    Chung-Yih Kuo

  7. Department of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110 Chien-Kuo N Rd., Sec. 1, Taichung, Taiwan, 40242

    Chung-Yih Kuo

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Yang, HJ., Chen, SC., Hu, CW. et al. Estimation of students’ exposure to metal concentrations from river-dust episodes during 1994–2012. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 5679–5689 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8316-3

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