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Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, 2010 Toxic air pollutants are continuously released into the air supply. Various pollutants come from chemical facilities and small businesses, such as automobile service stations and dry cleaning establishments. Others, such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and other volatile organic chemicals, arise primarily from the incomplete combustion of fossil ...
Nhu D, Le, Li, Sun, James V, Zidek
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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 +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 +5 more
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Mapping ambient urban air pollution at the small area scale : a GIS approach [PDF]
Air pollution is an emotive and complex issue, affecting materials, vegetation growth and human health. Given that over half the world's population live within urban areas and that those areas are often highly polluted, the ability to understand the ...
Smallbone, Kirsty Louise
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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 +2 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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Effect of biochar and liming on soil nitrous oxide emissions from a temperate maize cropping system [PDF]
SOIL, 2015 Biochar, a carbon-rich, porous pyrolysis product of organic residues may positively affect plant yield and can, owing to its inherent stability, promote soil carbon sequestration when amended to agricultural soils.
R. Hüppi +4 more
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Technical note: An interactive dashboard to facilitate quality control of in-situ atmospheric composition measurements [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsIn-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 +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Biomedical research involving United States Veterans continues to advance healthcare beyond the Veterans Health Administration. This is particularly true in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where Veteran‐centric research has uncovered novel insights into pathogenesis, risk factors, and disease manifestations, informing clinical care and research across both ...
Austin M. Wheeler +20 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Sustainability assessment requires methodologies that appropriately distinguish between additive and non‐additive material properties. A toxicity‐weighted scoring system is developed and applied that accounts for the disproportionate influence of highly toxic constituents through nonlinear weighting functions, providing more realistic estimates than ...
Seth Mehalic +2 more
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