fine particulate
Measurement, Analysis, and Modeling of Fine Particulate Matter in Eastern North Carolina
... and fine particulate matter samples were collected using a URG Dual Sequential Fine Particle Sampler (URG-2000-01K) on loan from the North Carolina Division of Air ...
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Assessment of Population and Microenvironmental Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5).
... Wan Jiao was born in Xi’an, one of the oldest cities in China. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering (valedictorian) from Tianjin University of Science and Technology in 2007. To ...
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Deposition of suspended fine particulate matter in a library
... of fine particulate matter (PM) on book surfaces we put twelve bunches of cellulose filters on a free shelf of the National Library in Prague, exposed them for three, six, nine, and twelve months to indoor ...
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The Contribution of Outdoor Fine Particulate Matter to Indoor Air Quality in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand – Are Indoor Dwellers Safe?
... concentrations in all sites, reflecting the contribution of outdoor fine particulate matter to indoor air quality. Despite the closed ventilation system, the average I/A ratio from each place ranged from ...
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Atrial fibrillation hospitalization is associated with exposure to fine particulate air pollutants
... increase with short-term elevations in exposure to PM2.5 (mean 10–11 μg/m3). Most studies have investigated patients wearing implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and discovered associations between ...
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Analysis and Modeling of Fine Particulate Matter (PMfine) in the Southeast United States
... particles into the atmosphere (primary), gas-to-particle conversion processes play an essential role in determining the mass and speciation of airborne PM [Meng et al., 1997]. North Carolina, together with the whole ...
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Quantification and Source Apportionment of Human Exposure to Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter.
... In existing models, such as the Stochastic Exposure and Dose Simulation model for Particulate Matter (SHEDS-PM), in-vehicle exposure is estimated using linear regression based on area-[r] ...
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The Preparation of Fine Particulate for Electron Microscopy Investigations Using Dental Amalgam
... Electron Microscopy examination by a novel method. Dental amalgam, commonly used for filling cavities in teeth by dentists, has been used as a binding agent to hold the sample particulate together during sample ...
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Ambient Fine Particulate Matter, Outdoor Temperature and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
... Interestingly, neither PM2.5 nor temperature was significantly associated with abdominal obesity, low HDL cholesterol or hypertension, key components of metabolic syndrome that are often[r] ...
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The short-term association of selected components of fine particulate matter and mortality in the Denver Aerosol Sources and Health (DASH) study
... of particulate air pollution such as autonomic modulation or pulmonary inflammation causing systemic inflammation [24] could conceivably place additional stress on the extremely frail ...
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Fine particulate matter in indoor cultural heritage: a literature review
... A typical diesel particulate is shown in its graphic repre- sentation in Figure 2a and a TEM micrograph in Figure 2b [38]. Diesel particulates in the accumulation mode have a distinct morphology consisting of a ...
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The association between fine particulate matter exposure during pregnancy and preterm birth: a meta analysis
... year worldwide due to complications of preterm birth. Many survivors face lifelong disabilities and chronic dis- eases, including learning disabilities, adult hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and visual ...
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Effects of urban fine particulate matter and ozone on HDL functionality
... exclusion criteria for study participants, study design and exposure protocol have been described previously [33]. Briefly, subjects were healthy 18- to 50-year old non-smokers without any risk for cardiovascular disease ...
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Diffusion and convection of gaseous and fine particulate from a chimney
... diffusion and convection on the steady state ground concentration of particulate have been incorporated. Two key parameters emerge from this analysis: α, the square of the Peclet number, and λ the ...
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Erectile dysfunction and exposure to ambient air pollution in a nationally representative cohort of older men
... ED is a complex neurovascular process, influenced by hormones and involves multiple pathways within the body. ED is a predictor of occult and subclinical cardio- vascular disease [7] that often occurs in 3 to 5 years ...
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Differential oxidative stress response in young children and the elderly following exposure to PM2.5
... with fine particulate pollutant exposure compared with ...between particulate matter and oxidative stress other con- siderations must be included, for example concomitant personal exposure to other ...
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... and fine particulate matter and sulfur dioxide during the window of fetal cardiac development, weeks 2 through 8 of pregnancy, and congenital heart defects (CHDs) in offspring within the context of the ...
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Co- drivers of IncreasedB urden of Lung Cancer in
... Abstract: Background: Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with 25% of deaths due to lung cancer occurring in Europe. This study therefore sought to assess the burden of lung ...
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National Prediction of Ambient Fine Particulates: 2000 2009
... Evidence has been accumulating from long-term and short-term studies linking am- bient air pollution to health outcomes. Fine particulate matter has demonstrated fairly consistent links to cardiovascular ...
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Measurement of carbonaceous aerosol with different sampling configurations and frequencies
... Particulate matter (PM) pollution has become a substantial concern in China. Through the air quality management prac- tice during the last 2 decades, both the scientific community and the Chinese government have ...
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