A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects

EM Sunderland, XC Hu, C Dassuncao… - Journal of exposure …, 2019 - nature.com
Here, we review present understanding of sources and trends in human exposure to poly-
and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and epidemiologic evidence for impacts on cancer …

The spatiotemporal variation in heavy metals in China's farmland soil over the past 20 years: a meta-analysis

S Ren, C Song, S Ye, C Cheng, P Gao - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate information on farmland soil heavy metal elements is needed for pollution
management and strategic decision making at the national level. In this paper, we review the …

Pollutant source, ecological and human health risks assessment of heavy metals in soils from coal mining areas in Xinjiang, China

H Zhang, F Zhang, J Song, ML Tan, VC Johnson - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to analyze the pollution characteristics and sources of heavy metal elements
for the first time in the Zhundong mining area in Xinjiang using the linear regression model …

Multivariate receptor models and robust geostatistics to estimate source apportionment of heavy metals in soils

J Lv - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Absolute principal component score/multiple linear regression (APCS/MLR) and positive
matrix factorization (PMF) were applied to a dataset consisting of 10 heavy metals in 300 …

Ischemic heart disease mortality and long-term exposure to source-related components of US fine particle air pollution

GD Thurston, RT Burnett, MC Turner… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air pollution exposure has been identified as a
global health threat. However, the types and sources of particles most responsible are not …

Groundwater pollution source identification and apportionment using PMF and PCA-APCA-MLR receptor models in a typical mixed land-use area in Southwestern …

H Zhang, S Cheng, H Li, K Fu, Y Xu - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The quality of groundwater in a region is regarded as a function of natural and
anthropogenic factors. Receptor models have advantages in source identification and …

A systematic review of data mining and machine learning for air pollution epidemiology

C Bellinger, MS Mohomed Jabbar, O Zaïane… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Data measuring airborne pollutants, public health and environmental factors
are increasingly being stored and merged. These big datasets offer great potential, but also …

Groundwater pollution source identification and apportionment using PMF and PCA-APCS-MLR receptor models in Tongchuan City, China

W Li, J Wu, C Zhou, A Nsabimana - Archives of Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Potential sources of groundwater pollution in Tongchuan City, China, were qualitatively
identified based on 14 key water quality indicators of 59 groundwater samples, and the …

[HTML][HTML] AIRUSE-LIFE: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

F Amato, A Alastuey, A Karanasiou… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The AIRUSE-LIFE+ project aims at characterizing similarities and heterogeneities in
particulate matter (PM) sources and contributions in urban areas from southern Europe …

The Role of Fossil Fuel Combustion Metals in PM2.5 Air Pollution Health Associations

P Maciejczyk, LC Chen, G Thurston - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review, we elucidate the central role played by fossil fuel combustion in the health-
related effects that have been associated with inhalation of ambient fine particulate matter …