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Environmental air pollution: respiratory effects [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2021 Environmental air pollution is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality worldwide. Environmental air pollution has a direct impact on human health, being responsible for an increase in the incidence of and number of deaths due to cardiopulmonary, neoplastic, and metabolic diseases; it also contributes to global warming and the consequent climate
Ubiratan de Paula Santos1 +6 more
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Relationship between air pollutants and economic development of the provincial capital cities in China during the past decade. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 With the economic development of China, air pollutants are also growing rapidly in recent decades, especially in big cities of the country. To understand the relationship between economic condition and air pollutants in big cities, we analysed the ...
Yunpeng Luo +6 more
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Atmospheric Pollution and Thyroid Function of Pregnant Women in Athens, Greece: A Pilot Study
Medical Sciences, 2020 Exposure to air pollution and, in particular, to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) or particulate pollutants less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) or 10 μm (PM10) in diameter has been linked to thyroid (dys)function in pregnant women.
Ioannis Ilias +9 more
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Isoprene emission by plants in polluted environments
Journal of Plant Interactions, 2023 In recent years, anthropogenic activities and climate change have significantly increased exposure of plants to environmental stresses (single or multiple) and pollutants, which negatively affect plant growth, survival, and productivity.
Manuel Bellucci +4 more
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Research on the Characteristics of Environmental Air Pollution and Its Countermeasures in Tianjin [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 With the rapid economic and social development, environmental protection is facing many challenges, especially air pollution. It is an urgent task to study and recognize the current situation of air pollution and its causes, and to take corresponding ...
Yuan Qingmin, Li Jiebing
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Use of an index to reflect the aggregate burden of long-term exposure to criteria air pollutants in the United States. [PDF]
, 2002 Air pollution control in the United States for five common pollutants--particulate matter, ground-level ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide--is based partly on the attainment of ambient air quality standards that represent a ...
Buffler, Patricia A +3 more
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Air Pollution: The Environmental Phoenix [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1998 During the past five years, we have witnessed an avalanche of research on the adverse health effects of air pollutants. After the major visible pollution of smoke emission had been dealt with, and when controls were in place for reductions in emissions from coal burning, the industrial world was tempted to assume that the problem of air pollution ...
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Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 2023 Air pollution caused by biomass burning is the main environmental concern in Mozambique. This paper investigates the effect of biomass combustion on air quality, focusing on the sources of pollution, pollutants released, and health and environmental ...
Samuel Aires Master Lazaro +1 more
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Environmental inequality: air pollution and asthma in children
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2022 Whether you benefit from high-quality urban environments, such as those rich in green and blue spaces, that may offer benefits to allergic and respiratory health depends on where you live and work. Environmental inequality, therefore, results from the unequal distribution of the risks and benefits that stem from interactions with our environment ...
Inês Paciência +2 more
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Air pollution and indoor settings
World Allergy Organization Journal, 2021 Indoor environments contribute significantly to total human exposure to air pollutants, as people spend most of their time indoors. Household air pollution (HAP) resulting from cooking with polluting (“dirty”) fuels, which include coal, kerosene, and ...
Nelson Augusto Rosário Filho +13 more
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