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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, Sara Karimi Zeverdegani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sulphurous air pollutants and exposure events of workers in thermal-mineral springs: a case study of Contursi Terme (Salerno, Italy)

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022
Thermo-mineral springs are widely spread over the volcanic areas of Salerno, a city in southern Italy. Although the water of thermal structures provides beneficial effects on human health, the air is characterized by the presence of potentially toxic ...
C. Pironti, M. Ricciardi, O. Motta, M. Venier, A. Faggiano, R. Cucciniello, A. Proto   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploration of agricultural residue ash as a solid green heterogeneous base catalyst for biodiesel production

Engineering Reports, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Transesterification of vegetable oils with homogeneous catalyst for biodiesel synthesis is considered to have a promising future, but it is nonrenewable and hazardous. High production cost, in terms of feedstock oil and catalyst acquisition is one of the major challenges facing the global commercialization of biodiesel.
Christopher Tunji Oloyede, Simeon Olatayo Jekayinfa, Abass Olanrewaju Alade, Oyetola Ogunkunle, Nsikak‐Abasi Ubohon Otung, Opeyeolu Timothy Laseinde   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Features and Practicability of the Next-Generation Sensors and Monitors for Exposure Assessment to Airborne Pollutants: A Systematic Review

Sensors, 2021
In the last years, the issue of exposure assessment of airborne pollutants has been on the rise, both in the environmental and occupational fields. Increasingly severe national and international air quality standards, indoor air guidance values, and ...
Giacomo Fanti, Francesca Borghi, Andrea Spinazzè, Sabrina Rovelli, Davide Campagnolo, Marta Keller, Andrea Cattaneo, Emanuele Cauda, Domenico Maria Cavallo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

0315 Occupational exposure to air pollution and bladder cancer [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2014
Objectives To present the rationale behind the qualitative IARC evaluation of outdoor air pollution and the new findings on bladder cancer derived from occupational epidemiological studies. Method The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently used a series of systematic reviews to classify ‘outdoor air pollution’ as carcinogenic to humans
Anya Burton, Douglas M. Puricelli Perin, Neela Guha, Dana Loomis   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Assessment of a probable relationship between influence of harmful and (or) hazardous working conditions, ambient air pollution and the incidence of malignant neoplasms of the trachea, bronchi, and lungs (c33, c34) in the male population of the Russian Federation

Analiz Riska Zdorovʹû, 2023
In 2021, in the Russian Federation, malignant neoplasms (MN) of the trachea, bronchi, lungs (ICD – C33, C34) occupied the first place in the structure of MN in men accounting for 16.4 %.
I.V. Bukhtiyarov
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of indoor air pollution in traditional bazaars- Case study in Naqsh-e-Jahan square of Isfahan in 2018-2019 [PDF]

Pizhūhish dar Bihdāsht-i Muḥīṭ., 2020
Background and Aim: Air quality in indoor environments such as shopping places is affected by vehicles, in consequence of vicinity with streets and overcrowding.
Arezoo Tavakoli
doaj   +1 more source

Discretized Linear Regression and Multiclass Support Vector Based Air Pollution Forecasting Technique [PDF]

International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 315-323, 2022, 2022
Air pollution is a vital issue emerging from the uncontrolled utilization of traditional energy sources as far as developing countries are concerned. Hence, ingenious air pollution forecasting methods are indispensable to minimize the risk. To that end, this paper proposes an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled system for monitoring and controlling air ...
arxiv   +1 more source

The link between symptoms of off ice 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
openaire   +6 more sources

Criteria for differential diagnostics of the bronchopulmonary pathology in employees exposed to occupational air pollutants

Hygiene and Sanitation, 2020
Introduction. In recent years the nature of the developing professional pathology of the respiratory system and the features of clinical manifestations have been proved to be determined not only by harmful factors of the working environment but also by ...
E. A. Beigel, E. Katamanova, O. L. Lakhman   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source