Bioassay based luminescent bacteria: interferences, improvements, and applications

XY Ma, XC Wang, HH Ngo, W Guo, MN Wu… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Due to the merits of being time-saving, cost effective and simple operation, the luminescent
bacteria toxicity assay (LBTA) has been widely used for environmental pollution monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Road dust resuspension in a coastal Atlantic intermunicipal urban area with industrial facilities: Emission factors, chemical composition and ecotoxicity

IC Rienda, T Nunes, C Gonçalves, A Vicente… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Road dust resuspension in urban environments can be both a means of transport of
pollutants across the various environmental compartments and a source of pollutants itself …

PM10 Resuspension of Road Dust in Different Types of Parking Lots: Emissions, Chemical Characterisation and Ecotoxicity

I Casotti Rienda, CA Alves, T Nunes, M Soares… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
The thoracic fraction of road dust (PM10) was measured for the first time in Portugal in
parking areas, both outdoors and indoors, with the aim of completing existing studies carried …

[HTML][HTML] Nighttime–daytime PM10 source apportionment and toxicity in a remoteness inland city of the Iberian Peninsula

YA Cipoli, C Alves, M Rapuano, M Evtyugina… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The distribution of daytime and nighttime sources of PM 10 collected from January to March
2021 at an urban background site in the city of Bragança, Portugal, was performed using …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of flue gas emission factor and toxicity of the PM-bounded PAH from lab-scale waste combustion

D Mentes, N Kováts, G Muránszky… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) has a significant threat not only to human health but
also to our environment. In Hungary, 54% of PM10 comes from residential combustion …

In vitro toxicity of indoor and outdoor PM10 from residential wood combustion

ED Vicente, D Figueiredo, C Gonçalves, I Lopes… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter< 10 μm (PM 10) was collected, indoors and
outdoors, when wood burning appliances (open fireplace and woodstove) were in …

Morphological properties, chemical composition, cancer risks and toxicological potential of airborne particles from traffic and urban background sites

C Alves, IC Rienda, A Vicente, E Vicente… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
From a sampling campaign from December 2018 to June 2019, at a traffic and an urban
background site in Coimbra, Portugal, two particulate matter (PM 10) samples from each …

In vitro tests to assess toxic effects of airborne PM10 samples. Correlation with metals and chlorinated dioxins and furans

N Roig, J Sierra, J Rovira, M Schuhmacher… - Science of the total …, 2013 - Elsevier
Inhalation is an important exposure pathway to airborne pollutants such as heavy metals,
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and particulate matter …

Comparative assessment of ecotoxicity of urban aerosol

B Turóczi, A Hoffer, Á Tóth, N Kováts… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
In addition to its mass concentration, the health effects of urban particulate matter may
depend on its particle size distribution and chemical composition. Yet air pollution …

Airborne particulate matter biotoxicity estimated by chemometric analysis on bacterial luminescence data

L Tositti, E Brattich, S Parmeggiani, L Bolelli… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, PM 10 samples previously subjected to thorough chemical speciation and
receptor modelling, have been investigated for their bio-toxicity using an inhibition test …