title: Estimation of students' exposure to metal concentrations from river-dust episodes during 1994-2012.
abstract: Two elementary schools (Shiuguang and Fongrong) from Yulin County in Taiwan, near a main area of potential exposure to Aeolian river-dust, were selected to collect outdoor and indoor PM10aerosols and to measure five metals in PM10(As, Ni, Cr, Cd, and Mn). Significant relationships (p < 0.01) were found between outdoor PM10concentrations at Lunbei's air quality monitoring station and the two elementary schools. The outdoor PM10concentrations at the monitoring station and the schools' indoor PM10concentrations also showed significant correlations. This study also established a relationship between the outdoor and indoor concentrations of PM10and metals in the schools. Estimations were made regarding students' 8 h of exposure to metal concentrations from river-dust episodes during 1994-2012, based on correlation equations that were shown to be statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242.
authors.forename: Hao-Jan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242.
authors.forename: Szu-Chieh
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242.
authors.forename: Chiung-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242.|State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361102, People's Republic of China.|Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Fujian Province University, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361102, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yi-Chen
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40402.
authors.forename: Ching-Tsan
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Health Technology Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242.
authors.forename: Pin-Yu
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Health Technology Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242.
authors.forename: Dian-Jheng
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242. kcy@csmu.edu.tw.|Health Technology Center, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242. kcy@csmu.edu.tw.|Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, 40242. kcy@csmu.edu.tw.|Department of Public Health, College of Health Care and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110 Chien-Kuo N Rd., Sec. 1, Taichung, Taiwan, 40242. kcy@csmu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chung-Yih
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D002648:Child; D004391:Dust; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D045483:Rivers; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D019216:Metals, Heavy
keywords: Aerosols (PM10); Exposure concentrations; Metals; River-dust episodes