fossil fuel at various sources results in the discharge of such pollutants as carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), unburnt hydrocarbon (HC), nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur dioxide (SO2), lead (Pb), particulate matter (PM), which in turn reduce urban air quality and cause health ...
Gaseous air pollutants such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide, or many of the components adsorbed onto the surface of respirable particles, are either powerful oxidants or capable of generating free radicals. If unabated, oxidants can cause injury to the delicate cells that line the respiratory tract....
There are six common air pollutants which threaten our health and environment. These are classified as ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and lead. The Environmental Protection Agency tracks each of these pollutants in two ways. First, they measure the conc...
Findings from a recent prospective cohort study in California suggested increased risk of breast cancer associated with higher exposure to certain carcinogenic and estrogen-disrupting hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). However, to date, no nationwide studi
To systematically review the literature regarding the effect of air pollutants on the excess mortality risk among the elderly Chinese. PubMed, Scopus, Web
Statistical literature on air quality grew up sharply in the last decades. Two main statistical modeling directions have been developed. One has a focus on pollutants concentration and the other on human exposure. Regarding the latter, recent advances are based on crowdsourced data, such as smartph...
Specifically, the innovators' propensity toward a BNT is linked to the availability of cutting edge technologies and to the expected reduction of global pollutants emission. On the other hand, more specific contextual conditions as well as idiosyncrasies are crucial to the intention to adopt an UBT...
Among them, CO2 was mostly produced by human breathing and thus reflected the impact of human activities on the indoor air. TVOC reflected the total concentration of volatile organic compounds, which were mostly considered pollutants. Similarly, the amount of particulate pollutant was characterised by...
In addition to the large amount of primary pollutants, in large quantities, the primary polluting gases can become precursors to secondary pollutants6. The deterioration in air quality is also accompanied by physical processes, such as flowing, aggregation, and crushing of large amounts of fine ...
Where the sampling days were classified into three categories mainly based the air mass backward trajectories, which are regional days (air quality in Hong Kong mainly influenced by continental air masses from the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region), long-range transport (LRT) days (mainly affected ...