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Interaction between Air Pollutants and Pollen Grains: Effects on Public and Occupational Health

Atmosphere, 2023
There has been an insurgence of allergic respiratory diseases such as asthma and rhinitis in industrialized countries in the last few decades as a result of the interaction between air pollutants and pollen, which has become a global and dramatic health ...
Pasquale Capone, Andrea Lancia, Maria Concetta D’Ovidio   +2 more
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Ambient air pollutants, increased anaemia risk, and vulnerable subgroups: evidence from a large group of workers in South China. [PDF]

J Glob Health
Background Previous epidemiological studies indicated a potential correlation between air pollution and anaemia, particularly in children, pregnant women, and the elderly.
Li X, Wu Z, Zhao Y, Chen X, Li Z, Sun Y, Gong Y, Hu P, Huang X, Pan W, Xie S, Zhang W, Huang Y.   +12 more
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Air Pollution, Pollen, and Indoor Exposures in Allergic Conjunctivitis: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Life
Environmental exposures are increasingly recognized as important drivers of ocular surface inflammation, yet their combined contribution to the onset, exacerbation, and clinical burden of allergic conjunctivitis (AC) has not been comprehensively ...
Clara Martinez-Perez, Ana Paula Oliveira
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Impact of cotton dust, endotoxin exposure, and other occupational health risk due to indoor pollutants on textile industry workers in low and middle-income countries

Journal of Air Pollution and Health
The textile industry consists of several units that engage different processes namely ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing, printing, and several other processes which required for converting raw cotton fiber into finished fabrics. Exposure to cotton dust,
Shankar Subramaniam, Naveenkumar Raju, Abbas Ganesan, Nithyaprakash Rajavel, Maheswari Chenniappan, Albert Alexander Stonier, Chander Prakash, Alokesh Pramanik, Animesh Kumar Basak   +8 more
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Effect of green space in the workplace on hearing thresholds in noise exposed population [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The association between greenness exposure and hearing thresholds and the underlying mechanism are unclear. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aims to assess the relationship between greenness exposure and hearing thresholds and whether this ...
Sijia Li, Siyao Yan, Xiaomeng Li, Qiaoling Geng, Zitong Zhao, Xian Guo, Juan Zhang, Li Zhang, Lina Yan, Jianghong Chen, Xiaolin Zhang   +10 more
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Association between combined exposure to underground air pollutants and hypertension in coal miners: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Coal miners are chronically exposed to underground air pollutants, with a notably higher hypertension (HTN) incidence than the general population.
Qianwei Chen, Chao Lu, Yongtang Jin, Wanjun Yin, Fengjen Chu, Jia Wang, Yuanjie Zou, Yuanzhen Du, Fenglin Zhu, Yajun Zhang, Ziwen Hui, Min Mu   +11 more
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Effects of air pollution and noise exposure on occupational hearing loss in oil workers: a prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health
Background Occupational Hearing Loss (OHL) is a significant health concern among oil workers, influenced by environmental and occupational factors. This study investigates the independent and synergistic effects of air pollution and noise exposure on OHL
Zheng Li, Haoruo Zhang, Nan Wang, Shangmingzhu Zhang, Zhenghao Luo, Xiaoqing Xuan, Mingyue Liu, Xinyang Chen, Xiaoming Li, Ling Xue, Jianhui Wu   +10 more
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From air to mind: unraveling the impact of indoor pollutants on psychiatric disorders

Frontiers in Psychiatry
Epidemiological evidence from the past 20 years indicates that environmental chemicals brought into the air by the vaporization of volatile organic compounds and other anthropogenic pollutants might be involved, at least in part, in the development or ...
German Torres, Ryia T. Subbaiah, Riya A. Sood, Joerg R. Leheste   +3 more
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Occupational exposure to air pollutants emitted from in situ burning of offshore oil spills: a large-scale field study.

International Maritime Health, 2022
BACKGROUND In-situ burning (ISB) could be an effective cleanup method during spills. This study aims to study occupational exposure to pollutants emitted from offshore, large-scale ISB-experiments among personnel on vessels involved in ISB.
Marta Szwangruber, Ingrid Gjesteland, B. Hollund, L. Faksness, Ingrid C. Taban, F. Engen, Jan Willie Holbu, H. Dolva, M. Bråtveit   +8 more
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Health Risks Associated with Occupational Exposure to Biological Air Pollutants Occurring during the Processing of Biomass for Energy Purposes: A Case Study

Energies, 2021
The main goal of this study was to assess the levels of concentration of biological air pollutants in biomass processing power plants, based on the measurements taken in a plant located in Southern Poland.
E. Brągoszewska, Maja Pawlak
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