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The use of bluetooth low energy Beacon systems to estimate indirect personal exposure to household air pollution
(Springer, 2020)
Household air pollution (HAP) generated from solid fuel combustion is a major health risk. Direct measurement of exposure to HAP is burdensome and challenging, particularly for children. In a pilot study of the Household ...
Urban Air Pollutants are Significant Risk Factors for Asthma and Pneumonia in Children: The Influence of Location on the Measurement of Pollutants
(EDICIONES DOYMA S ABARCELONA, 2012)
Background: Air pollution is associated with a substantial burden on human health; however, the most important pollutants may vary with location. Proper monitoring is necessary to determine the effect of these pollutants ...
Effects of ambient levels of air pollution generated by traffic on birth and placental weights in mice
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008)
Objective: To examine whether there is an association between fetal and/or placental weight and exposure to ambient levels of air pollution in mice. Design: Chronic experiments on mice that were exposed to polluted vs. ...
Association between household air pollution exposure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease outcomes in 13 low- and middle-income country settings
(American Thoracic Society, 2018)
RATIONALE: Forty percent of households worldwide burn biomass fuels for energy, which may be the most important contributor to household air pollution. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between household air pollution ...
The health and social implications of household air pollution and respiratory diseases
(Springer, 2019)
Approximately three billion individuals are exposed to household air pollution (HAP) from the burning of biomass fuels worldwide. Household air pollution is responsible for 2.9 million annual deaths and causes significant ...
Changes in extrapulmonary organs and serum enzyme biomarkers after chronic exposure to Buenos Aires air pollution
(Springer Heidelberg, 2020-02-20)
Urban air pollution is a serious environmental problem in developing countries worldwide, and health is a pressing issue in the megacities in Latin America. Buenos Aires is a megacity with an estimated moderate Air Quality ...
Nitrogen dioxide exposures from biomass cookstoves in the Peruvian Andes
(Wiley, 2020)
BACKGROUND: Household air pollution from biomass cookstoves is a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality, yet little is known about exposures to nitrogen dioxide (NO2). OBJECTIVE: To characterize NO2 kitchen ...
Association between air pollution in Lima and the high incidence of COVID-19: findings from a post hoc analysis
(BioMed Central, 2021)
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in the People’s Republic of China in December 2019. Thereafter, a global logarithmic expansion of cases occurred. Some countries have a higher rate of infections ...