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Review on Research on Traffic-Related Heavy Metals Pollution

Cong‐Guo Tang

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With rapid economic and expressway development,the increased amount of automobiles has led to great concern with traffic-related heavy metals.This review summarizes current knowledge for traffic-related heavy metals concerning emission factors and influence factors,the concentrations and morphological changes in different roadside environmental media,bioavailability and the influence on human health.This paper provides perspective on research on traffic-related heavy metals.

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With rapid economic and expressway development,the increased amount of automobiles has led to great concern with traffic-related heavy metals.This review summarizes current knowledge for traffic-related heavy metals concerning emission factors and influence factors,the concentrations and morphological changes in different roadside environmental media,bioavailability and the influence on human health.This paper provides perspective on research on traffic-related heavy metals.

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With rapid economic and expressway development,the increased amount of automobiles has led to great concern with traffic-related heavy metals.This review summarizes current knowledge for traffic-related heavy metals concerning emission factors and influence factors,the concentrations and morphological changes in different roadside environmental media,bioavailability and the influence on human health.This paper provides perspective on research on traffic-related heavy metals.

Key concepts: Heavy metals, Heavy traffic, Environmental science, Pollution, Human health, Road traffic, Environmental engineering, Transport engineering

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