Diesel engines: environmental impact and control

AC Lloyd, TA Cackette - Journal of the Air & Waste Management …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The diesel engine is the most efficient prime mover commonly available today. Diesel
engines move a large portion of the world's goods, power much of the world's equipment …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental and occupational determinants of lung cancer

A Shankar, A Dubey, D Saini, M Singh… - … lung cancer research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lung cancer has become a global problem, from a rare disease to an emerging public
health issue. The current data of GLOBOCAN 2018, indicates that this disease has recorded …

Long-term air pollution exposure and acceleration of atherosclerosis and vascular inflammation in an animal model

Q Sun, A Wang, X **, A Natanzon, D Duquaine… - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextRecent studies have suggested a link between inhaled particulate matter exposure
in urban areas and susceptibility to cardiovascular events; however, the precise …

Particulate matter air pollution components and risk for lung cancer

O Raaschou-Nielsen, R Beelen, M Wang, G Hoek… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Particulate matter (PM) air pollution is a human lung carcinogen; however, the
components responsible have not been identified. We assessed the associations between …

Airborne nanostructured particles and occupational health

AD Maynard, ED Kuempel - Journal of nanoparticle research, 2005 - Springer
Nanotechnology is leading to the development in many field, of new materials and devices
in many fields that demonstrate nanostructure-dependent properties. However, concern has …

Occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust: a literature review

A Pronk, J Coble, PA Stewart - Journal of exposure science & …, 2009 - nature.com
Diesel exhaust (DE) is classified as a probable human carcinogen. Aims were to describe
the major occupational uses of diesel engines and give an overview of personal DE …

Pooled exposure–response analyses and risk assessment for lung cancer in 10 cohorts of silica-exposed workers: an IARC multicentre study

K Steenland, A Mannetje, P Boffetta, L Stayner… - Cancer Causes & …, 2001 - Springer
Objectives: Silica is one of the most common occupational exposures worldwide. In 1997 the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified inhaled crystalline silica as a …

Exposure-response estimates for diesel engine exhaust and lung cancer mortality based on data from three occupational cohorts

R Vermeulen, DT Silverman, E Garshick… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Diesel engine exhaust (DEE) has recently been classified as a known human
carcinogen. Objective: We derived a meta-exposure–response curve (ERC) for DEE and …

Hazardous air pollutants and asthma.

GD Leikauf - Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Asthma has a high prevalence in the United States, and persons with asthma may be at
added risk from the adverse effects of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Complex mixtures …

US EPA health assessment for diesel engine exhaust: a review

C Ris - Inhalation toxicology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In 2002 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Health assessment
Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust. The objective of this assessment was to examine the …