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 +2 more
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A Narrative Review of Occupational Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Farmworkers
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 The agricultural crop sector in the United States depends on migrant, seasonal, and immigrant farmworkers. As an ethnic minority group in the U.S. with little access to health care and a high level of poverty, farmworkers face a combination of adverse living and workplace conditions, such as exposure to high levels of air pollution, that can place them
Tara Sabo-Attwood
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Association between combined exposure to underground air pollutants and hypertension in coal miners: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Coal miners are chronically exposed to underground air pollutants, with a notably higher hypertension (HTN) incidence than the general population.
Qianwei Chen +11 more
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Effect of green space in the workplace on hearing thresholds in noise exposed population [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe 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 +10 more
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Indoor Air Quality Assessment in Grocery Stores
Applied Sciences, 2022 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a public and occupational health concern, as we are exposed to air pollutants daily given that we spend a great amount of our time in indoor environments.
Teresa Baptista +4 more
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Occupational Exposure to Urban Air Pollution and Allergic Diseases [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2015 Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased morbidity from cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer, respiratory and allergic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate allergic diseases in 111 traffic wardens compared to a control group of 101 administrative employees.
Luigi Vimercati +8 more
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Advances on association between indoor air pollution and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine in human urine
环境与职业医学, 2022 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in human urine is a marker reflecting oxidative stress and DNA oxidative damage. People spend 80%-90% of their life indoors; therefore, indoor air quality is directly related to human health.
Jingang SHI, Miao HE
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World Allergy Organization Journal, 2020 Allergic rhinitis affects the quality of life of millions of people worldwide. Air pollution not only causes morbidity, but nearly 3 million people per year die from unhealthy indoor air exposure. Furthermore, allergic rhinitis and air pollution interact.
Robert Naclerio +22 more
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Investigation of the Relationship between Inhaled Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene Concentrations and the Urine Metabolites Levels in People Working at a Petrochemical Complex [PDF]
Muhandisī-i bihdāsht-i ḥirfah/ī, 2018 Introduction: Petrochemical industries are known as one of the most important sources of organic pollutants. In this study, the relationship between inhaled benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) concentration with some urine metabolites was ...
Davoud Shahmohammadi +1 more
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Environment International, 2021 Commercial cooking has higher intensity and more severe instantaneous cooking pollution from volatile organic chemicals compared to home cooking, making health risk assessment of occupational exposure for chefs a priority. In this study, chefs from three
Lei Huang +6 more
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