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Risk assessment of inhalation exposure for airborne toxic metals using instrumental neutron activation analysis

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In order to study the effects of air pollution, about 1,300 samples of airborne particulate matter (APM) were collected at suburban and industrial sites, in Daejeon, Korea from 1998 to 2006. The concentrations of carcinogenic (As and Cr) and non-carcinogenic metals (Al, Mn, and Zn) were determined by using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). These long-term metal concentration data were applied to a risk assessment of inhalation exposure using Monte Carlo analysis (MCA).

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  1. Department of Nuclear Basic Science, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Deokjin-dong 150, Daejeon, 305-353, Korea

    J.-M. Lim, Y.-S. Chung & J.-H. Moon

  2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University, Gung-dong 220, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea

    J.-H. Lee

  3. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sejong University, Gunja-dong 98, Seoul, 143-747, Korea

    K.-H. Kim

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Lim, JM., Lee, JH., Chung, YS. et al. Risk assessment of inhalation exposure for airborne toxic metals using instrumental neutron activation analysis. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 281, 185–188 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-009-0122-7

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