2024
No
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119955
Wang, Peng
Asia
Observational
Exposure Study
Modeling
Students
Elementary (K-5)
Particulate Matter (PM)
Dust
Heavy metals
Other
Health risks
Heavy metals
Kindergarten
Dust
Particle-size effect
Source apportionment
Analyzing Beijing kindergarten dust, the study measures heavy metal concentrations across particle sizes, applying health risk models and source apportionment to reveal that mid-sized dust (DT100) carries the highest contamination, largely from chromium, emphasizing size-driven contamination patterns.