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Road traffic pollution monitoring and modelling tools and the UK national air quality strategy. [PDF]

, 2001
This paper provides an assessment of the tools required to fulfil the air quality management role now expected of local authorities within the UK. The use of a range of pollution monitoring tools in assessing air quality is discussed and illustrated with
Bell, M.C., Marsden, G.R.
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Consensus on reducing health impacts of ambient fine particulate matter

环境与职业医学
In recent years, China has achieved significant progress in controlling fine particulate matter with median aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm (PM2.5) pollution.
Expert Consensus Panel on Health Protection against Air Pollution
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Occupational Safety of Different Industrial Sectors in Khartoum State, Sudan Part 2: Analysis of Occupational Accidents

Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2012
Background: Accident analysis is a tool which can be used to obtain accurate information about the combined accident factors that when fixed, prevent recurrence. It includes recording and documenting work-related injuries.
Fadia A El-Marakby, Gehan R Zaki, Fatin H Nofal, Adel M Zakaraya, Yasser H Deign El-Nor   +4 more
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A review on effect of air pollutants on fetal development and pregnancy outcomes

Journal of Air Pollution and Health, 2019
Developing fetus is connected to the mother by placenta to receive oxygen and nutrients. Maternal exposure to ambient air pollution not only affects maternal health but also provides a pathway for many toxic pollutants to cross the placental barrier and ...
Rekha Kashyap, Rajnish Gupta, Mahamad Asif Mansuri, Rupal Thasale, Zarana Rathod, Ravi Patni   +5 more
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Identification of organic pollutants in city atmospheres

Clean Air Journal, 1973
A suitable gas chromatophic analytical technique is described for the characterization of organic components in air samples from traffic dense areas. The method employs a chromosorb 102 cold trap to collect and concetrate samples and a 30 metre SCOT DC ...
C.W Louw, J.F Richards
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Traffic-related air pollution and obesity formation in children: a longitudinal, multilevel analysis. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundBiologically plausible mechanisms link traffic-related air pollution to metabolic disorders and potentially to obesity. Here we sought to determine whether traffic density and traffic-related air pollution were positively associated with growth
Berhane, Kiros, Chang, Roger, Dunton, Genevieve, Gilliland, Frank, Islam, Talat, Jerrett, Michael, Lam, Claudia, Lurmann, Fred, McConnell, Rob, Wolch, Jennifer   +9 more
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Attitudes of OHS Inspectors towards Practicing Factory Inspection in Egypt

Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2008
Workplace inspection is part of a comprehensive health and safety program in which the workplace is closely examined on a regular basis of identifying and reviewing potential and actual hazards associated with equipment, tools, and industrial processes ...
Fadia A. El-Marakby, Gehan R. Zaki, Faten H. Nofal   +2 more
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Calculation of Inhaled Dose of Particulate Matter for Different Age Groups in the Metro Public Transport System in Athens, Greece

Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 2023
Public transportation has been an essential part of the urban lifestyle and a necessary means for effective transportation within most of the capital cities worldwide.
Dimitrios-Michael Rodanas, Konstantinos Moustris, Georgios Spyropoulos   +2 more
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Technical note: An interactive dashboard to facilitate quality control of in-situ atmospheric composition measurements [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
In-situ measurements of trace gases are crucial for monitoring changes in the atmosphere's composition and understanding the underlying processes that drive them.
Y. Brugnara, M. Steinbacher, S. Baffelli, L. Emmenegger   +3 more
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Measuring the health effects of air pollution : to what extent can we really say people are dying from bad air? [PDF]

, 2004
Estimation of the effects of environmental impacts is a major focus of current theoretical and policy research in environmental economics. Such estimates are used to set regulatory standards for pollution exposure; design appropriate environmental ...
Alberini, Burnett, Clyde, Daniels, Delfino, Delucchi, Dockery, Dominici, Dominici, Draper, Fernandez, Fernandez, Hahn, Hodges, Hoeting, Katsouyanni, Khanna, Krupnick, Kunzli, Leamer, Lumley, Madigan, Min, Navrud, Ostro, Poirier, Poirier, Pope, Pope, Pope, Ross, Sala-i-Martin, Samet, Schwartz, Schwartz, Schwartz, Smith   +36 more
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