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Local and regional sources as given by aerosol measurements and biomonitoring at Sado estuary area, Portugal

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Gent air samplers were used for air particulate matter sampling in Sado estuary area, separating fine and coarse fractions. Three sampling sites were chosen (Palmela, Faralhão and Tróia), inside a 15 km × 25 km area at Setúba region, 50 km south of Lisbon, Portugal. Transplants of Parmelia sulcata Taylor were suspended in nylon bags within the same area following a 2.5 km × 2.5 km grid, during the same period as the aerosol collection. Both lichen transplants and filters were analysed by k 0-INAA. This work compares MCTTFA results given by the two air pollution monitoring procedures. The main differences concern a physiological factor in biomonitors and a better definition of traffic and re-suspension by aerosols.

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  1. ISQ-Centro de Segurança na Indústria, Av. Prof. Dr. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 33, 2740-120, Porto Salvo, Portugal

    M. M. Farinha

  2. Department R3 (Radiation, Radionuclides & Reactors), Section Radiation and Isotopes for Health (RIH), Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB, Delft, The Netherlands

    T. G. Verburg & H. Th. Wolterbeek

  3. Reactor-ITN, Technological and Nuclear Institute, E.N. 10, 2686-953, Sacavém, Portugal

    M. C. Freitas

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Farinha, M.M., Verburg, T.G., Freitas, M.C. et al. Local and regional sources as given by aerosol measurements and biomonitoring at Sado estuary area, Portugal. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 281, 299–305 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-009-0098-3

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