Indoor air pollution with harmful particulate matter (PM) is mainly caused by cigarette smoke. Super-Slim-Size-Cigarettes (SSL) are considered a less harmful alternative to King-Size-Cigarettes (KSC) due to longer filters and relatively low contents. We ask if "Combined Mainstream and Sidestream Smoke" (CMSS)-associated PM levels of SSL are lower than of KSC and thus are potentially less harmfu...

A study of concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and suspended particulate matter (SPM) has been performed in Delhi. The monthly and seasonal variations of concentrations and winds are analyzed. The monthly mean SO2 concentrations were in the range of 16.15-34.44 ngrrT and showed regular seasonal variations with the highest concentrations in winter and lowest in monsoon season. On the other ha...

People spend most of their time inside buildings and the indoor microbiome is a major part of our everyday environment. It affects humans' wellbeing and therefore its composition is important for use in inferring human health impacts. It is still not well understood how environmental conditions affect indoor microbial communities. Existing studies have mostly focussed on the local (e.g., buildi...

BACKGROUND Chronic particulate matter (PM) exposure is correlated to various health effects, even at low amounts. WHO has defined PM concentration limits as daily and annual mean values which were made legally binding in the European Union. While many studies have focused on PM concentrations in special environments, little is known about the average PM- exposure for both employees and passenge...

Studies of air pollution and human health have evolved from descriptive studies of the early phenomena of large increases in adverse health effects following extreme air pollution episodes to time-series analyses based on the use of sophisticated regression models. In fact, advanced statistical methods are necessary to address the challenges inherent in the detection of a relatively small pollu...

Numerous studies have reported weak but statistically significant acute health effects of particulate air pollution. The associations are observed at levels below the current U.S. standard of 150 micrograms/m3 (24 hr). Health effects include acute increased mortality from cardiopulmonary conditions and acute morbidity such as hospital admissions for related diseases. We reviewed recent epidemio...

New observational evidence of the trans-Pacific transport of Asian dust and its contribution to the ambient particulate matter (PM) levels in North America was revealed, based on the interannual variations between Asian dust storms and the ambient PM levels in western North America from year 2000 to 2006. A high correlation was found between them with an R2 value of 0.83. From analysis of the d...

today, the cement industry is one of the major air polluting industries in the world. hence, in this study, owing to the importance and role of contaminants from the plant, an appraisal of the emission contributions in addition to other factors have been discussed. there are several reasons behind the importance of modeling air pollutants. first, the assessment of standards for air pollution, a...

mobasheri mr * (phd), hejazi a (msc)     department of remote sensing, kntoosi university of technology, tehran, iran     original article   received: 16 jan 2014, accepted: 21 apr 2014       abstract     introduction: air pollution may affect health through increasing respiratory and cardiovascular morbidities and mortalities. in this study, we investigated the correlation between the concentr...

background & aims of the study: in this study, we evaluate the respiratory deaths which were caused by exposure to pm10 in ahwaz, bushehr and kermanshah cities of iran during 2015 by air model q2.2.3. materials and methods: the required data gathered from the department of environment and meteorological organization in three study areas. data were analyzed, using excel software at the next stag...