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Developing methodology for exposure assessment of air pollutants in schools [PDF]

, 2011
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Increasing evidence suggests that exposures to air pollutants present in indoor environments are contributing factors to the recently observed increase in ...
Anopa, Yulia
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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, Maria Gatti, Antonio Baldassarre, Eustachio Nettis, Nicola Favia, Marco Palma, Gabriella Martina, Elisabetta Di Leo, Marina Musti   +8 more
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Volatile aldehydes in libraries and archives [PDF]

, 2010
Volatile aldehydes are produced during degradation of paper-based materials. This may result in their accumulation in archival and library repositories. However, no systematic study has been performed so far.
Kolar, J., de Bruin, G., Irena Kralj Cigić, Gerrit de Bruin, Fenech, Ann, Levart, A., Fenech, A., Kralj Cigić, I., Levart, Alenka, Jana Kolar, Ntanos, Konstantinos, May Cassar, Cigic, Irena Kralj, Gibson, L.T., Ntanos, K., Kolar, Jana, Matija Strlič, Cassar, M., Konstantinos Ntanos, Gibson, Lorraine T., Lorraine T. Gibson, de Bruin, Gerrit, Cassar, May, Ann Fenech, Alenka Levart, Strlič, M.   +25 more
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ENVIE Co-ordination action on indoor air quality and health effects; WP3 Final report – Characterisation of spaces and source [PDF]

, 2012
Human exposure to environmental pollutants occurs via various pathways. For many pollutants, especially the volatile ones, air exposure is the dominant pathway.
de Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo, Gustafsson, Hans, Seppanen, Olli, Ventura Silva, Gabriela, Crump, Derrick   +4 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
Clarke, Kayan, Manrique, Andres, Sabo-Attwood, Tara, Coker, Eric S.   +3 more
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Air pollution control for occupational health improvement [PDF]

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health, 2005
Indoor air pollution can make workplaces worse. Mechanical or natural ventilation systems, impelled by thermal gradients or wind pressure, can reduce indoor pollution levels by introducing adequate indoor air changes; moreover airflows can drag pollutant gases both from the external environment and among internal spaces.
SANTARPIA, Luciano, GUGLIERMETTI, Franco, ZORI G.   +2 more
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The link between symptoms of office building occupants and in-office air pollution: the Indoor Air Pollution Index. [PDF]

Indoor air, 2003
The lack of an effective indoor air quality (IAQ) metric causes communication concerns among building tenants (the public), building managers (decision-makers), and IAQ investigators (engineers). The Indoor Air Pollution Index (IAPI) is developed for office buildings to bridge this communication discord. The index, simple and easily understood, employs
Sofuoglu, SC, Moschandreas, DJ
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Occupational Exposures in the Culinary Underbelly: Air Pollution in Restaurants. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Occupational exposure to commercial cooking emissions has not been comprehensively studied, particularly in a Western context. This investigation measured the concentration and composition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), and black carbon (BC) in 18 New York ...
Saporito AF, Hashmi M, Yu W, Michanowicz DR, Lebel ED, Lucha N, Huang G, Finnegan CJ, Albergamo V, Lyu W, Chillrud SN, Ross JM, Burns DA, LeBouf RF, Galarza C, Zelikoff JT, Gordon T.   +16 more
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Occupational exposure to particles and air pollutants in a car paint workshop [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health, 2021
Abstract Background In auto paint workshops there are several chemical, physical and biological agents that are harmful to health, making it essential to guarantee the well-being and safety of workers.
Ana Ferreira, António Loureiro, Silvia Seco, João Paulo Figueiredo, Susana Paixão, Lucia Simões Costa, Gonçalo Oliveira   +6 more
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International expert consensus on the management of allergic rhinitis (AR) aggravated by air pollutants

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, Ignacio J. Ansotegui, Jean Bousquet, G. Walter Canonica, Gennaro D'Amato, Nelson Rosario, Ruby Pawankar, David Peden, Karl-Christian Bergmann, Leonard Bielory, Luis Caraballo, Lorenzo Cecchi, S. Alfonso M. Cepeda, Herberto José Chong Neto, Carmen Galán, Sandra N. Gonzalez Diaz, Samar Idriss, Todor Popov, German D. Ramon, Erminia Ridolo, Menachem Rottem, Wisuwat Songnuan, Philip Rouadi   +22 more
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