Particulate Matter
Microbiota and Particulate Matter Assessment in Portuguese Optical Shops Providing Contact Lens Services
... avoid particulate matter entrance by open doors [58–62] and, consequently, deteriorate indoor air ...particle matter assessment in optical ...
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Laboratory Evaluation of the Shinyei PPD42NS Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensor.
... Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes, including all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, cardiopulmonary dis- ease, and lung ...
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Evaluation of airborne particulate matter pollution in Kenitra City, Morocco
... In Morocco, air pollution is not well estimated. The existing studies have a local character. These studies were initiated in the beginning of the 90s by the Department of Environment in the cities which suffer ...
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Vehicular emissions of organic particulate matter in Sao Paulo, Brazil
... the concentration and composition of particulate matter (Albuquerque et al., 2012; An- drade et al., 2012; Miranda and Andrade, 2005; Miranda et al., 2002). The distinction between contributions from light ...
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SAFETY HEALTH IMPACTS OF PARTICULATE MATTER FROM EXCAVATION WORK SITES
... The numerical values set by the WHO Air Quality Guidelines represent concentrations with specific responses caused by exposure to particulate matter. However there is an inter-individual variability in ...
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Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs
... The discussion above has focussed on secondary inor- ganic aerosol and primary PM. However, secondary organic aerosol is often the single most important component of fine particulate matter in European ...
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Particulate matter effect on biometric and biochemical attributes of fruiting plants
... Universally and particularly in Urban areas many people suffered from variety of diseases due to dust pollution. Therefore, considerable attention is given to particulate matter pollution in the recent ...
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Absorption coefficient of particulate matter on the south-west coast of Europe: a contribution to the validation of the MERIS-Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer sensor
... for particulate matter from this region and is part of a joint effort to validate marine products developed from the Medium Resolution Image Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor for ocean ...
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Anthropogenic influences on the physical state of submicron particulate matter over a tropical forest
... Particulate matter (PM) directly affects the Earth’s climate by scattering and absorbing solar radiation and indirectly through effects on clouds (Ramanathan et ...the particulate matter ...
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Method for determination of stable carbon isotope ratio of methylnitrophenols in atmospheric particulate matter
... Abstract. A technique for the measurement of the sta- ble isotope ratio of methylnitrophenols in atmospheric par- ticulate matter is presented. Atmospheric samples from rural and suburban areas were collected for ...
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Assessing the Capacity of Plant Species to Accumulate Particulate Matter in Beijing, China.
... Air pollution causes serious problems in spring in northern China; therefore, studying the ability of different plants to accumulate particulate matter (PM) at the beginning of the grow- ing season may ...
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Evaluation of regional background particulate matter concentration based on vertical distribution characteristics
... Abstract. Heavy regional particulate matter (PM) pollution in China has resulted in an important and urgent need for joint control actions among cities. It is advisable to improve the understanding of the ...
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Multifaceted health impacts of Particulate Matter (PM) and its management: An overview
... Various studies showed PM exposure, associated with elevated levels of c-reactive protein, a marker of systemic inflammation that may be important and independent predictor of cardiovascular diseases. For example, a ...
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Characterisation of solvent extractable organic constituents in atmospheric particulate matter: an overview
... mass, particulate-phase organic compounds are not well characterised, and many aspects of aerosol formation and evolution are still ...of particulate aerosols on climate, and the incompletely recognised but ...
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Atmospheric particulate matter fractions measured at Camagüey, Cuba. Preliminary results
... respectively. These values are higher than the mean valued reported in our site for the nine months of the 2008 year. That difference is produced by the different conditions at Camagüey site and at the site in Havana. ...
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Relating hygroscopicity and composition of organic aerosol particulate matter
... L.: O/C and OM/OC ratios of primary, secondary, and ambient organic aerosols with high-resolution time- of-flight aerosol mass spectrometry, Environ.. R.: Insights into atmospheric organ[r] ...
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Fine particulate matter source apportionment using a hybrid chemical transport and receptor model approach
... The hybrid method can separate sources with similar composition, e.g., woodstove and prescribed burns, especially noting the di ff erent changes of these two sources be- tween their init[r] ...
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A novel inlet system for on-line chemical analysis of semi-volatile submicron particulate matter
... the particulate phase were observed from the reaction of limonene with ...organic particulate constituents were observed when submicron particles were sampled from diluted mainstream ...
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The pollution from diesel engines - the particulate matter current experiences and future needs.
... Em resposta à crescente restrição dos níveis de emissão de mate- rial particulado pela legislação de muitos países, os fabricantes de veículos à diesel, tanto de cargas leves quanto de m[r] ...
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Characterization of the bio-optical anomaly and diurnal variability of the particulate matter, as seen from the scattering and backscattering coefficients, in ultra-oligotrophic eddies of the Mediterranean Sea
... the particulate scattering coefficient, and especially the particulate backscat- tering coefficient, present higher than mean (global) values for a given TChl-a ...this particulate backscattering ...
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