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Table 4 Relative quantity of WSOC and UV BC/IR BC in Bamako and Dakar PM samples

From: Physico-chemical characterization of African urban aerosols (Bamako in Mali and Dakar in Senegal) and their toxic effects in human bronchial epithelial cells: description of a worrying situation

 

Bamako

Dakar

WSOC/OC

0.8

0.25

UV BC/IR BC

1

0.75

  1. WSOC = water soluble organic carbon; UV BC/IR BC = light adsorption of black carbon (BC) in ultraviolets and infrared. Results are presented for bulk aerosols and globally for Bamako site.
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology

ISSN: 1743-8977

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