The physiological effects of air pollution: particulate matter, physiology and disease

JT Pryor, LO Cowley, SE Simonds - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nine out of 10 people breathe air that does not meet World Health Organization pollution
limits. Air pollutants include gasses and particulate matter and collectively are responsible …

[HTML][HTML] The variability of mass concentrations and source apportionment analysis of equivalent black carbon across urban Europe

M Savadkoohi, M Pandolfi, C Reche, JV Niemi… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study analyzed the variability of equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations
and their sources in urban Europe to provide insights into the use of eBC as an advanced air …

Oxidation of catechols at the air–water interface by nitrate radicals

MS Rana, MI Guzman - Environmental Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Abundant substituted catechols are emitted to, and created in, the atmosphere during
wildfires and anthropogenic combustion and agro-industrial processes. While ozone (O3) …

Source apportionment of particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), oxygenated PAHs (OPAHs), and their associated long-term health risks in a major …

I Tsiodra, G Grivas, A Bougiatioti, K Tavernaraki… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many studies have drawn attention to the associations of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (OPAHs) with harmful health effects, advocating for their systematic …

Source apportionment and potential source regions of size-resolved particulate matter at a heavily polluted industrial city in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

L Gupta, M Bansal, P Nandi, G Habib… - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents results from size-resolved particulate matter (PM) source apportionment
in Ghaziabad, an industrial city adjoining New Delhi in the Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP). A full …

Anthropogenic pollutants induce enhancement of aerosol acidity at a mountainous background atmosphere in southern China

G Wu, H Wang, C Zhang, D Gong, X Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerosol acidity plays a crucial role in atmospheric physicochemical processes, climate
change and human health, particularly in the formation of secondary organic aerosols …

Dust emission reduction enhanced gas-to-particle conversion of ammonia in the North China Plain

Y Liu, J Zhan, F Zheng, B Song, Y Zhang, W Ma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ammonium salt is an important component of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter
less than 2.5 µm (PM2. 5) and has significant impacts on air quality, climate, and natural …

Characterization and source apportionment of elemental species in PM2. 5 with especial emphasis on seasonal variation in the capital city “Dhaka”, Bangladesh

MS Rahman, SS Bhuiyan, Z Ahmed, N Saha… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
The deterioration of air quality is a growing concern in Bangladesh. This study investigated
the seasonal variation of atmospheric pollutants and their potential major sources in the …

The impact of stay-home policies during Coronavirus-19 pandemic on the chemical and toxicological characteristics of ambient PM2. 5 in the metropolitan area of …

A Altuwayjiri, E Soleimanian, S Moroni… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to characterize changes in components and toxicological
properties of PM 2.5 during the nationwide 2019-Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown …

[HTML][HTML] Annual exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban environments linked to wintertime wood-burning episodes

I Tsiodra, G Grivas, K Tavernaraki… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic pollutants in fine particulate matter
(PM) long known to have mutagenic and carcinogenic effects, but much is unknown about …