Carbon Monoxide Concentration Trends in Urban Atmospheres

Trends of carbon monoxide fatalities in Jordan.

C monoxide poisoning (COP) is a common occurrence in today’s society, one of the most common poisonings worldwide, and is responsible for more fatalities than other toxic agent.1 Carbon monoxide has been termed the “silent killer” due its physical characters as well as its mechanism of action. It is generally accepted that, unintentional COP may be partially preventable through public education...

Modeling of carbon monoxide dispersion around the urban tunnel portals

The aim of this study is to investigate the problems caused by discharge of polluted air from tunnels into the environment with a specific focus on residential areas. In city tunnels, portal or stacks, pollutant management is a big challenge. Nowadays, air quality management, particularly in urban tunnels, is considered as a part of the ventilation system design. The goal is to see the environm...

Carbon Monoxide Urban Air Pollution: Cardiac Effects

Urban atmospheres

What is an urban atmosphere? How can we differentiate an 'atmosphere' from other facets of urban consciousness and experience? This essay explores some of the wider cultural, political, and philosophical connotations of atmospheres as a focal point for critical reflections on space and subjectivity. The idea of an 'affective atmosphere' as a distinctive kind of mood or shared corporeal phenomen...

Seasonal variation in carbon monoxide poisoning in urban Korea.

Seasonal variation in carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning during 1969-78 was examined using the monthly hospital admissions and environmental weather data from Seoul, Korea. The results showed that there were nine times as many cases of CO poisoning in December as in August. CO poisoning cases were significantly correlated with temperature and domestic fires but not significantly with relative humid...