{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Angyal A"],"funding":["HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research","Magyar Tudományos Akadémia","European Regional Development Fund"],"pubmed_abstract":["This study, conducted in Debrecen, Hungary, aimed to analyse atmospheric particulate matter (APM or PM) through radiocarbon and PIXE analyses during the winter smog (23-25 January) and spring (15-18 May) seasons. The information presented in this pilot study aims to provide insight into the importance of utilising detailed characteristics of the mass size distributions of fossil carbon (f<sub>f</sub>) and contemporary carbon (f<sub>C</sub>) content. Additionally, it seeks to compare these characteristics with the size distributions of various elements to enable even more accurate PM source identification. In winter, APM concentrations were 86.27 μg/m<sup>3</sup> (total), 17.07 μg/m<sup>3</sup> (f<sub>C</sub>) and 10.4 μg/m<sup>3</sup> (f<sub>f</sub>). In spring, these values changed to 29."],"journal":["Environmental science and pollution research international"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11297123"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Characterisation of urban aerosol size distribution by radiocarbon and PIXE analyses in a middle-European urban environment for source identification: a pilot study."],"pmcid":["PMC11297123"],"funding_grant_id":["BO/00710/23/10","GINOP-2.3.4-15-2020-00007"],"pubmed_authors":["Varga T","Torok Z","Eniko F","Szikszai Z","Molnar M","Angyal A","Papp E","Gini M","Kertesz Z","Szoboszlai Z","Major I","Manousakas MI"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Characterisation of urban aerosol size distribution by radiocarbon and PIXE analyses in a middle-European urban environment for source identification: a pilot study.","description":"This study, conducted in Debrecen, Hungary, aimed to analyse atmospheric particulate matter (APM or PM) through radiocarbon and PIXE analyses during the winter smog (23-25 January) and spring (15-18 May) seasons. The information presented in this pilot study aims to provide insight into the importance of utilising detailed characteristics of the mass size distributions of fossil carbon (f<sub>f</sub>) and contemporary carbon (f<sub>C</sub>) content. Additionally, it seeks to compare these characteristics with the size distributions of various elements to enable even more accurate PM source identification. In winter, APM concentrations were 86.27 μg/m<sup>3</sup> (total), 17.07 μg/m<sup>3</sup> (f<sub>C</sub>) and 10.4 μg/m<sup>3</sup> (f<sub>f</sub>). In spring, these values changed to 29.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2025-04-19T20:46:16.771Z","creation":"2025-04-19T20:46:16.771Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11297123","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38987520"],"doi":["10.1007/s11356-024-34215-8"]}}