| Order | Industry type | Industry group Short namea | ISIC industry codea | Location | Trace element concentrations (ng m−3) | Reference | | | | | City | Country | Pb | Zn | Mn | Ni | Cu | Cr | Fe | Cd | As | |
| 1 | Petrochemical | | 061 | Tarragona | Spain | 1.22 | — | 4.70 | — | — | 2.19 | — | 0.05 | 0.12 | [25] | 2 | Petrochemical | 061 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 8.90 | 25.1 | 1.50 | — | 12.1 | — | 15.9 | 0.30 | — | [47] | 3 | Chemical and petrochemical | 061, 201 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 15.9 | 2124 | 16.0 | 2.10 | 22.0 | 2.40 | 775 | 0.40 | — | [48] | 4 | Chemical | 201 | Tarragona | Spain | 3.20 | — | 8.50 | — | — | 2.19 | — | 0.23 | 0.69 | [25] |
| 5 | Machinery, metallurgical, petrochemistry, pulp and paper, textile | | 131, 170, 241, 242, 281, | Sihwa | Rrpublic of Korea | 321 | 657 | 161 | — | — | 69.6 | 1203 | 7.10 | 7.70 | [49] | 6 | Textile, metallurgical, paper | | 131, 241, 242, 281, | Banwol | Rrpublic of Korea | 346 | 1272 | 86.3 | — | — | 21.0 | 1218 | 6.30 | 6.30 | [49] | 7 | Metal recycling, steel production | | 241, 242 | Pohang | Rrpublic of Korea | 93.8 | 389 | 245 | — | — | 23.9 | 5423 | 1.95 | — | [50] | 8 | Ceramic, paper products, petrochemical | NDb | 061, 170, 239 | Onda | Spain | 164 | 203 | 7.00 | — | — | 3.00 | 432 | — | — | [40] | 9 | Oil refineries, cement, shipyards, steel | | 192, 239, 241, 301 | Elefsina | Greece | 71.1 | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | — | 14.5 | 3.70 | [51] | 10 | Oil refineries, steel mill Ferrous and non-ferrous metal | | 192, 241 | Capana | Argentina | 70.6 | 36.9 | 21.2 | — | — | 2.83 | 552 | 0.27 | 2.76 | [44] | 11 | manufacturing, fertilizer production, manganese ore treatment, scrap, metal incineration, oil refining | | 192, 201, 241, 242 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 140 | 830 | 84.0 | — | 59.0 | 7.50 | — | 2.70 | 3.60 | [17] |
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