Monitoring Aerosol Elemental Composition in Particle Size Fractions for Predicting Human Respiratory Uptake

Georges G Desaedeleer; John W Winchester; Roland Akselsson

doi:10.1016/0029-554X(77)90815-1

Monitoring Aerosol Elemental Composition in Particle Size Fractions for Predicting Human Respiratory Uptake

Georges G Desaedeleer, John W Winchester, Roland Akselsson

Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology

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Proton induced X-ray emission analysis is useful in measuring changes in particle size distribution of trace elements on exposure of aerosol to the human lung environment and deposition in the air-ways. PIXE analysis is also useful in detecting variations in particle size distributions of elements as they occur in the atmosphere. For the case of lead aerosol along a highway, it is shown that the extent and site of respiratory deposition of particles depend on their size, and the size distribution may vary under urban atmospheric conditions sufficiently to affect respiratory deposition efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	97-99
Journal	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
Volume	142
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(77)90815-1
Publication status	Published - 1977

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Environmental Health and Occupational Health

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particle size fraction
elemental composition
PIXE
aerosol
lung deposition

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Monitoring Aerosol Elemental Composition in Particle Size Fractions for Predicting Human Respiratory Uptake. / Desaedeleer, Georges G; Winchester, John W; Akselsson, Roland.
In: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, Vol. 142, No. 1-2, 1977, p. 97-99.

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Monitoring Aerosol Elemental Composition in Particle Size Fractions for Predicting Human Respiratory Uptake

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