Advances in Gaseous and Particulate Air Pollutants Measurement

Particulate matter emissions and gaseous air toxic pollutants from commercial meat cooking operations.

This study assessed the effectiveness of three novel control technologies for particulate matter (PM) and volatile organic compound (VOC) removal from commercial meat cooking operations. All experiments were conducted using standardized procedures at University of California, Riverside's commercial test cooking facility. PM mass emissions collected using South Coast Air Quality Management Distr...

Particulate Air Pollutants and Respiratory Diseases

Air pollution is composed of a mixture of toxins, consisting of particles and gases emitted in large quantities from many different combustion sources, including cars and industries. A variety of anthropogenic and natural particle sources are present in ambient air. Throughout the past decade, the composition of air pollution has changed in developed countries from classical type 1 pollution, c...

Gaseous pollutants in particulate matter epidemiology: confounders or surrogates?

Air pollution epidemiologic studies use ambient pollutant concentrations as surrogates of personal exposure. Strong correlations among numerous ambient pollutant concentrations, however, have made it difficult to determine the relative contribution of each pollutant to a given health outcome and have led to criticism that health effect estimates for particulate matter may be biased due to confo...

Absorption of Gaseous Air Pollutants By a Standardized Plant Canopy

Interaction of gaseous and particulate pollutants in the respiratory tract: mechanisms and modulators.

Human contact with air pollution usually involves exposure to more than one chemical, and biological responses to the inhalation of polluted atmospheres likely depend upon the interplay between individual materials. Thus, characterizing effects from exposures to mixtures of air pollutants is necessary for adequate quantitation of health risks. Exposure to gas/particle mixtures may result in res...