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Influence of atmospheric air pollution on indoor air quality: Comparison of chemical pollutants and mutagenicity levels in Santiago (Chile)
(S. Karger AG, 1997)
The influence of atmospheric pollution on indoor air quality (IAQ) was studied in downtown Santiago (Chile). Carbon monoxide (CO), nicotine, the mass of respirable particulate matter below 5 μm (PM5 fraction) and total and ...
The avoidable health effects of air pollution in three Latin American cities: Santiago, São Paulo, and Mexico City
(2006)
Urban centers in Latin American often face high levels of air pollution as a result of economic and industrial growth. Decisions with regard to industry, transportation, and development will affect air pollution and health ...
Modelling of air pollution dispersion in Santiago de Chile
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2005-04)
In Santiago de Chile air quality standards are frequently exceeded during both summer and winter time. The evaluation of the temporal and spatial evolution of the chemical and physical characteristics of these air pollution ...
Thyroid cancer incidence in women and proximity to industrial air pollution sources: a spatial analysis in a middle size city in Colombia
(Turkish National Committee for Air Pollution and Control, 2018-05)
Manizales, a mid-size city in Colombia, hosts industries like metallurgy, electrical, chemical, and rubber and plastic industrial facilities that have released into atmosphere some pollutants postulated as thyroid cancer ...
Environmental justice and air quality in Santiago de Chile
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Medicina - Instituto de Salud Pública, 2015-05-01)
Objective The metropolitan region in Santiago, Chile has an air quality problem. However, the larger issue may lie in the inequities created by the distribution of the air pollution.Methods To assess the inequities created ...
Chile Confronts its Environmental Health Future After 25 Years of Accelerated Growth
(Elsevier, 2015)
B A C K G R O U N D Chile has recently been reclassified by the World Bank from an upper-middle-income country to a high-income country. There has been great progress in the last 20 to 30 years in relation to air and water ...
Atmospheric pollutants affect physical performance: a natural experiment in horse racing studied by principal component analysis
(MDPI, 2022)
Simple Summary Thoroughbred horse racing is a natural experiment to study the effect of air pollutants on animal performance. In this activity, the animals are exposed to multiple mixtures of pollutants in the air and ...
Exploring atmospheric stagnation during a severe particulate matter air pollution episode over complex terrain in Santiago, Chile
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019)
© 2018 Elsevier LtdA severe air quality degradation event occurred in the Santiago Metropolitan Area (SMA), Chile, in June 2014. Meteorological and air quality measurements from 11 stations in the area as well as numerical ...
Soccer games and record-breaking PM2.5 pollution events in Santiago, Chile
(Copernicus Gesellschaft, 2020)
In wintertime, high concentrations of atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are commonly observed in the metropolitan area of Santiago, Chile. Hourly peaks can be very strong, up to 10 times above average levels, but ...
Investigating the regional contributions to air pollution in Beijing: a dispersion modelling study using CO as a tracer
(Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH, 2020)
The rapid urbanization and industrialization of northern China in recent decades has resulted in poor air quality in major cities like Beijing. Transport of air pollution plays a key role in determining the relative influence ...