Elemental characterization of urban particulates at receptor locations in Abuja, north-central Nigeria

Review of Particulate Matter and Elemental Composition of Aerosols at Selected Locations in Nigeria from 1985–2015

“…5,6 Detailed understanding of the concentration levels of important air pollutants like PM 2.5 and PM 10 , polychlorinated biphenyls, dibenzo-pdioxins/dibenzofurans and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban and rural areas of the country have remained largely unknown. 7 Although there have been some pioneer studies on PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations and source contributions of different urban sources to the ambient air pollution at selected receptor sites in Nigeria, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls have yet to be extensively studied. Between 1988 and 1994, segregated studies involving documented contributions of pollutant sources in Nigerian sectorial and national emission inventories were surveyed by a research team.…”

“…3,8 In the area of particulate matter levels (PM 2.5 , PM 10 ), segmented studies involving selected receptor sites in Lagos and Abuja have been carried out over the years. 7,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In addition, a more extensive study involving six Nigerian megacities was undertaken. 17 Furthermore, a sampling campaign of particulate matter load (PM 2.5 , PM 10 ) in ten selected south-eastern Nigerian cities during dry and wet season periods (December 2008to September 2009 was also undertaken.…”

Enrichment Factor of Atmospheric Trace Metal Using Zirconium Titanium Iron and Copper as Reference Element

“…For Cl, there is significant spatial variation in outpatients and store, there is no significant spatial variation in account, dentistry, community health and store. The trace metal obtained in this study can be compared with other studies done within and outside the country [23,[31][32][33][34][35][36]. Mean with different superscript is statistically significant @p<0.05, "a" means no significance difference when it appears in two difference locations but" a and b" mean significance difference in difference locations.…”

Particulate Matter: An Approach to Air Pollution

“…The findings concluded that out of this deaths, half was from China and India. In a related development, Chang et al (2013) and Obioh et al (2013) attributed the role of fine PM on poor visibility, corrosion, damage to vegetation and soiling. Apart from the damage done to materials, PM also disturbs the atmospheric chemistry and the radiation balance by scattering and absorbing solar radiation and also alter the formation of cloud droplets.…”

“…Air pollution has been of major concern throughout the world due to the health effects on human, animal and materials. This issue is receiving much attention, due to the fact that both in developed and developing countries there has been an increase in urbanization due to higher activities in transportation and industrialization (Abiye et al, 2013). The growing concerns about the health implications of air, water, and soil pollution to ecosystem have led to the establishment of agencies which are saddled with the responsibility of combating the adverse effects (Ezeh et al, 2014).…”