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Assessing the health effects posed by exposure to particulate matter (PM10) in eMbalenhle.

M. Tech. Environmental Health / Particulate Matter (PM) is a complex, heterogeneous mixture of smoke, soot, dust, salt, acids, and metals. Particulate Matter varies in concentration, size, chemical composition, surface area and sources of origin. Given the known ambient particulate pollution problem, the potential health risks posed by PM to the population of eMbalenhle are unknown. eMbalenhle (the study area) is a township located in Mpumalanga Province, about 12 km from Secunda. The area is surrounded by industries, power stations and mines, all of which are recognised emitters of PM. The main aim of this study was to assess the health risks posed by ambient PM10 exposure to the population of eMbalenhle.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000956
Date January 2012
CreatorsThabethe, Nomsa Duduzile Lina.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText
FormatPDF

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