Urban Airborne Particulate Matter

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Airborne Particulate Matter: Sources, Composition and Concentration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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3. Airborne Particulate Matter: Sources, Composition and Concentrations

   1. A Comparative Review of PM Levels, Sources, and Their Likely Fates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

      • Najat A. Saliba, Rawad Massoud

      Pages 3-17

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   2. Concentration and Source Origin of Trace Metals in PM2.5 Collected at Selected Canadian Sites within the Canadian National Air Pollution Surveillance Program

      • Valbona Celo, Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska

      Pages 19-38

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   3. Sources and Distributions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Toxicity of Polluted Atmosphere Aerosols

      • Gerhard Lammel, Jiří Novák, Linda Landlová, Alice Dvorská, Jana Klánová, Pavel Čupr et al.

      Pages 39-62

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   4. Particulate Emissions from On-Road Vehicles

      • Andreas Limbeck, Christoph Puls

      Pages 63-79

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   5. The Atmospheric Concentrations of Pb, Mn, Cr, and Cd on the Korean Peninsula Between 1991 and 2006

      • Kim Ki-Hyun, Nguyen Hang Thi, Ma Chang-Jin

      Pages 81-102

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   6. Long-Distance Transport of Urban and Industrial Metals and Their Incorporation into the Environment: Sources, Transport Pathways and Historical Trends

      • Samuel K. Marx, Hamish A. McGowan

      Pages 103-124

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4. Metals and Organic Compounds in Airborne Particulate Matter: Analytical Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-126

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   2. Trace Analysis of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Air Using Accelerated Solvent Extraction

      • Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Jun He

      Pages 127-144

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   3. Analytical Developments for Emerging Pollutants in Indoor Suspended Particulate Matter and Dust

      • C. Garcia-Jares, R. Barro, J. Regueiro, L. Sanchez-Prado, M. Llompart

      Pages 145-191

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   4. Application of Synchrotron X-ray Techniques for the Determination of Metal Speciation in (House) Dust Particles

      • Lachlan C. W. MacLean, Suzanne Beauchemin, Pat E. Rasmussen

      Pages 193-216

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   5. Ultra-Trace Analysis of Palladium: State-of-the-Art and Future Challenges

      • C. Puls, A. Limbeck, S. Hann

      Pages 217-234

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   6. Direct Determination of Metals in PM10 Filters by Laser Ablation-ICP-MS

      • Sebastien Rauch, Gabriele Carugati, Ying Cao

      Pages 235-243

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   7. Chemical Composition of Subway Particles in Seoul, Korea, Determined Using Quantitative Single Particle Analysis

      • Hae-Jin Jung, Sunni Kang, Hye Kyeong Kim, Chul-Un Ro

      Pages 245-259

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   8. Analysis of Palladium Concentrations in Airborne Particulate Matter with Reductive Co-Precipitation, He Collision Gas and ID-ICP-Q-MS

      • H. Alsenz, F. Zereini, C. L. S. Wiseman, W. Püttmann

      Pages 261-274

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5. Airborne Particulate Matter: Environmental Pathways, Behaviour and Fate

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-276

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   2. Fate and Transfer of Semivolatile Organic Compounds in a Multi-Compartment Environment

      • Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Jun He

      Pages 277-307

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   3. Vertical Distribution of Airborne Particulate Matter in a Tropical Urban Environment: Changes in Physical and Chemical Characteristics

      • M. Kalaiarasan, R. Balasubramanian, K. W. D. Cheong, K. W. Tham

      Pages 309-338

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   4. Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants in the Gaseous and Particulate Phases in Urban Air

      • Hua Wei, An Li

      Pages 339-362

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This book presents the most up-to-date research and information regarding the origin, chemistry, fate and health impacts of airborne particulate matter in urban areas, a topic which has received a great deal of attention in recent years due to documented relationships between exposure and health effects such as asthma. With internationally recognised researchers and academics presenting their work and key concepts and approaches from a variety of disciplines, including environmental and analytical chemistry, biology, toxicology, mineralogy and the geosciences, this book addresses the topic of urban airborne particulate matter in a comprehensive, multidisciplinary manner. Topics and research addressed in the book range from common methodological approaches used to sample and analyse the composition of airborne particulates to our knowledge regarding their potential to impact human health and the various policy approaches taken internationally to regulate particulate matter levels.

• Analytical Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Environmental Toxicology
• Risk Assessment
• Urban Atmospheric Pollution
• climate change
• ecotoxicology

• Inst. Atmosphäre und Umwelt, AG Umweltanalytik, Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

  Fathi Zereini

• Inst. Environmental Studies (IES), Adaptation and Impacts Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  Clare L. S. Wiseman

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