Fine, ultrafine and nanoparticle trace element compositions near a major freeway with a high heavy-duty diesel fraction

L Ntziachristos, Z Ning, MD Geller, RJ Sheesley… - Atmospheric …, 2007 - Elsevier
Trace elements and metals in the ultrafine (< 0.18 μm) and accumulation (0.18–2.5 μm)
particulate matter (PM) modes were measured during the winter season, next to a busy …

Particle size distributions of metal and non-metal elements in an urban near-highway environment

MD Hays, SH Cho, R Baldauf, JJ Schauer… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Determination of the size-resolved elemental composition of near-highway particulate matter
(PM) is important due to the health and environmental risks it poses. In the current study …

Characteristics of metals in nano/ultrafine/fine/coarse particles collected beside a heavily trafficked road

CC Lin, SJ Chen, KL Huang, WI Hwang… - Environmental …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Fine particles emitted from vehicles have adverse health effects because of their sizes and
chemical compositions. Therefore, this study attempted to characterize the metals in nano …

Size distributions of trace elements associated with ambient particular matter in the affinity of a major highway in the New Jersey–New York metropolitan area

F Song, Y Gao - Atmospheric environment, 2011 - Elsevier
To characterize the size distributions of trace elements associated with particulate matter in
the areas heavily impacted by traffics, eleven sets of size-segregated aerosol samples were …

Concentration and size distribution of ultrafine particles near a major highway

Y Zhu, WC Hinds, S Kim, C Sioutas - Journal of the air & waste …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Motor vehicle emissions usually constitute the most significant source of ultrafine particles
(diameter< 0.1 μm) in an urban environment, yet little is known about the concentration and …

Study of ultrafine particles near a major highway with heavy-duty diesel traffic

Y Zhu, WC Hinds, S Kim, S Shen, C Sioutas - Atmospheric environment, 2002 - Elsevier
Motor vehicle emissions usually constitute the most significant source of ultrafine particles
(diameter< 0.1 μm) in an urban environment. Zhu et al.(J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 2002 …

Seasonal and spatial variation of trace elements and metals in quasi-ultrafine (PM0. 25) particles in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and characterization of their …

A Saffari, N Daher, MM Shafer, JJ Schauer… - Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Year-long sampling campaign of quasi-ultrafine particles (PM 0.25) was conducted at 10
distinct locations across the Los Angeles south coast air basin and concentrations of trace …

Size-resolved source apportionment of airborne particle mass in a roadside environment

SG Riddle, MA Robert, CA Jakober… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
Airborne particulate hopanes, steranes, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were
measured in six size fractions< 1.8 μm particle diameter at one site upwind and two sites …

Study of metal concentrations in the environment near diesel transport routes

CY Kuo, JY Wang, SH Chang, MC Chen - Atmospheric Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
In recent years, a river-dredging project has been executed in Nantou, Taiwan. A large
number of diesel vehicles carrying gravel and sand shuttle back and forth on the main traffic …

Near-road enhancement and solubility of fine and coarse particulate matter trace elements near a major interstate in Detroit, Michigan

MM Oakes, JM Burke, GA Norris, KD Kovalcik… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Communities near major roadways are disproportionately affected by traffic-related air
pollution which can contribute to adverse health outcomes. The specific role of particulate …