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. 2016 Dec 16;11(12):e0168528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168528

Table 3. Mean concentration of heavy metals in dusts of Panzhihua and other selected cities(mg·kg-1).

Samples Country City Land use Cd Cr Cu Fe Mn Ni Pb V Zn
RD China Panzhihua (This study) IA 0.59 235.46 148.79 90737.50 2136.06 52.99 63.21 800.86 273.55
AA 0.68 513.14 76.52 113598.78 2326.55 70.51 65.07 940.78 387.55
HTA 0.87 232.17 101.06 101180.23 1854.02 46.53 111.07 699.98 345.16
RA 0.98 196.04 98.37 103505.78 1658.20 46.65 73.12 636.05 288.97
Urumqi[36] 1.97 186.00 179.00 289.70 187.00 227.00
Australia[37] Clearview Estate Residential area 0.51 14.80 131.40 7220.00 200.00 7.92 32.50 296.60
Nerang Industrial area 0.19 3.96 65.50 4230.00 90.00 6.11 25.70 176.40
Benowa Residential and Commercial area 0.35 9.37 98.40 5730.00 150.00 7.01 29.10 236.50
Surfers Paradise Commercial area 0.54 3.16 70.80 2980.00 60.00 4.53 38.40 90.40
Italy Gela[38] Peripheral area 20.00 49.00 370.00 29.00 69.00 55.00 218.00
Industrial area 38.00 48.00 400.00 38.00 35.00 90.00 196.00
Urban area 43.00 104.00 380.00 36.00 72.00 64.00 220.00
Spain Murcia Region[6] High density population 1.07 39.30 134.00 41.70 117.00 203.00
Medium density population 1.55 28.70 75.40 37.10 85.70 149.00
Low density population 1.28 23.00 68.70 38.40 75.30 105.00
Natural area (no population) 1.19 20.40 19.50 33.00 27.80 50.30
FD China Panzhihua (This study) IA 2.35 283.46 121.89 95622.92 1555.50 63.33 313.89 812.47 682.86
AA 2.92 618.16 129.10 127653.15 1523.87 91.66 405.91 851.88 1084.97
HTA 2.85 422.81 187.27 122430.85 2223.34 76.57 340.85 1356.50 916.48
RA 2.59 617.65 142.34 99406.10 3348.67 61.08 168.87 1656.02 595.47
Huizhou city[5] Commercial and traffic type 7.80 241.50 324.80 512.00 1782.40
Electronic Industry area 8.40 237.00 1313.00 462.00 1860.00
Power station 12.80 927.60 914.60 184.00 204.60
Residential area 7.40 215.60 235.20 460.00 1223.00
Park 6.20 202.00 228.80 434.00 1127.00
Austria Vienna[21] Urban area n.d. 30.00 2136.00 n.d. 18.00 311.00
Suburban area n.d. 24.70 1164.00 n.d. 13.60 285.00
Rural area n.d. 20.10 7.50 n.d. 5.80 203.00

n.d.: Not detected.