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Christine Levesque, Clare L. S. Wiseman, Suzanne Beauchemin and Pat E. Rasmussen
A fluidized bed aerosol generator was connected to a 13-stage cascade impactor (nanoMOUDI) for the size fractionation of urban dust (<10 µm), followed by the gravimetric analysis of loaded PTFE filter samples. This method was used to characterize the PM1...
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Hai-Ying Liu, Daniel Dunea, Stefania Iordache and Alin Pohoata
Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) carries substantial health risks, particularly for younger children (0–10 years). Epidemiological evidence indicates that children are more susceptible to PM health effects than adults. We conduc...
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Nicholas Clements, Patricia Keady, Joanne B. Emerson, Noah Fierer and Shelly L. Miller
Aerosol measurements were collected at fifteen homes over the course of one year in Colorado (USA) to understand the temporal variability of indoor air particulate matter and bacterial concentrations and their relationship with home characteristics, inha...
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Rikke Bramming Jørgensen and Ida Teresia Kero
Airborne particulate matter in the silicon carbide (SiC) industry is a known health hazard. The aims of this study were to elucidate whether the particulate matter generated inside the Acheson furnace during active operation is representative of the over...
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Sabrina Rovelli, Andrea Cattaneo, Camilla P. Nuzzi, Andrea Spinazzè, Silvia Piazza, Paolo Carrer and Domenico M. Cavallo
Indoor size-fractioned particulate matter (PM) was measured in seven schools in Milan, to characterize their concentration levels in classrooms, compare the measured concentrations with the recommended guideline values, and provide a preliminary assessme...
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Michael E. Deary, Patrick M. Amaibi, John R. Dean and Jane A. Entwistle
Aqueous modelling of chemical speciation in simulated lung fluid (SLF) enables a better understanding of the underlying chemical factors that influence metal(loid) inhalation bioaccessibility from airborne particulate matter. Such an approach can be used...
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Aldo Winkler, Tania Contardo, Andrea Vannini, Sergio Sorbo, Adriana Basile and Stefano Loppi
The concentration of selected trace elements and the magnetic properties of samples of the lichen Evernia prunastri exposed for 3 months in Milan (Italy) were investigated to test if magnetic properties can be used as a proxy for the bioaccumulation of c...
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Muhammad Abu-Elmagd, Mansour A. Alghamdi, Magdy Shamy, Mamdouh I. Khoder, Max Costa, Mourad Assidi, Roaa Kadam, Haneen Alsehli, Mamdooh Gari, Peter Natesan Pushparaj, Gauthaman Kalamegam and Mohammed H. Al-Qahtani
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Hongfei Hu, Tiezhu Li, Xudong Chen
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Urban particulate matter exposure from road transport has already become a great issue in major cities. To study population exposure under different traffic conditions, number concentrations of particulate matter were measured at the center of road lanes...
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JAVIER MIRANDA,J. R. MORALES,THOMAS A. CAHILL,F. ALDAPE,J. FLORES M.
Samples of airborne particulate matter with sizes between 0 and 15 µm in Mexico City were analyzed in order to evaluate its elemental composition. Samples were collected during one week in August 1990, using a Stacking Filter Unit (SFU), resulting in the...
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Constantini Samara
This article presents the distribution of the dithiothreitol-based (DTT) redox activity of water-soluble airborne particulate matter (PM) from two urban sites in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece in four size ranges (<0.49, 0.49?0.97, 0.97?3.0...
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Ying-Yi Chen, Fung-Chang Sung, Mei-Lien Chen, I-Fang Mao and Chung-Yen Lu
Indoor air pollution is an increasing health concern, especially in enclosed environments such as underground subway stations because of increased global usage by urban populations. This study measured the indoor air quality of underground platforms at 1...
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Myoungki Song, Kwonho Lee, Sea-Ho Oh and Min-Suk Bae
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), an important class of hazardous airborne pollutants, are mutagenic and carcinogenic substances known to be released during the paving of asphalt. In this study, PAHs emitted from an asphalt mix plant were analyzed...
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Deepchandra Srivastava, Olivier Favez, Emilie Perraudin, Eric Villenave and Alexandre Albinet
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is known to account for a major fraction of airborne particulate matter, with significant impacts on air quality and climate at the global scale. Despite the substantial amount of research studies achieved during these las...
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Giovanni Lonati, Senem Ozgen, Giovanna Ripamonti and Stefano Signorini
Cyclists might experience increased air pollution exposure, due to the proximity to traffic, and higher intake, due to their active travel mode and higher ventilation. Several local factors, like meteorology, road and traffic features, and bike lanes fea...
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Daniel Dunea, Stefania Iordache and Alin Pohoata
The overall objective of this research was to study children?s respiratory illness levels in Targoviste (Romania) in relationship to the outdoor concentrations of airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter below 2.5 µm (PM2.5). We monitored...
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Hwa-Lung Yu, Chih-Hsih Wang, Ming-Che Liu and Yi-Ming Kuo
Fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) has adverse effects on human health. Assessing the long-term effects of PM2.5 exposure on human health and ecology is often limited by a lack of reliable PM2.5 measurements. In Taipei, PM2.5 levels were not system...
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