Measurements of PM10 and PM2.5 have been carried out at three locations in Agra, viz. St. John’s College (SJC), Dayalbagh (DB) and Balkeshwar (BS). PM10 and PM2.5 have been collected by respirable dust sampler (APM 460DX) and Wins Anderson impactor (APM 550), respectively. The average 24 h PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations have been found to be 121.8 ± 28.3 and 73.5 ± 14.6 μg m for SJC; 68.7 ± 24.8...

The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM in terms of PM10 are ambient air concentration limits set by the EPA that should not be exceeded. Further, some state air pollution regulatory agencies (SAPRAs) utilize the NAAQS to regulate criteria pollutants emitted by industries by applying the NAAQS as property-line concentration limits. Prior to and since the inclusion of the PM10 ...

OBJECTIVES Numerous studies have revealed the adverse health effects of acute and chronic exposure to particulate matter less than 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10). The aim of the present study was to examine the spatial distribution of PM10 concentrations and cardiovascular mortality and to investigate the spatial correlation between PM10 and cardiovascular mortality using spatial scan sta...

Due to the frequent urban air pollution episodes worldwide recently, decision-makers and government agencies are struggling for sustainable strategies to optimize urban land use/cover change (LUCC) and improve the air quality. This study, thus, aims to identify the underlying relationships between PM10 concentration variations and LUCC based on the simulated PM10 surfaces in 2006 and 2013 in th...

We used Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to analyze the impact on a given population's health outcomes in terms of all-causes mortality and respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations attributable to short-term exposure to particulate matter less than 10 μm diameter (PM10) in Bejaia city, for which health effects of air pollution have never been investigated. Two scenarios of PM10 reduction w...

BACKGROUND Consistent evidence has shown increased all-cause mortality, and mortality from broad categories of causes associated with airborne particles. Less is known about associations with specific causes of death, and modifiers of those associations. AIMS To examine these questions in 20 US cities, between 1989 and 2000. METHODS Mortality files were obtained from the National Center for...

Alterations in cardiac autonomic control, assessed by changes in heart rate variability (HRV), provide one plausible mechanistic explanation for consistent associations between exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) and increased risks of cardiovascular mortality. Decreased HRV has been linked with exposures to PM10 (PM with aerodynamic diameter<or=10 microm) and with fine particles (PM w...

Source contributions to ambient PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 10μm or less) in Beijing, China were determined with positive matrix factorization (PMF) based on ambient PM10 composition data including concentrations of organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), ions and metal elements, which were simultaneously obtained at six sites through January, April, July and October in ...

عصاره گیاه رزماری، 4 برابر آنتی­اکسیدان‌­های مصنوعی مانند BHT و BHA خاصیت آنتی­اکسیدانی دارد. رزمارینیک اسید نه تنها به دلیل خواص قوی مورد توجه است بلکه خصوصیات ضدالتهابی، ضدتوموری، ضدباکتریایی، ضدویروسی ضدسرطانی را نیز در پژوهش‌­های مختلف نشان داده است. هدف از این تحقیق، بررسی اثرات دما، زمان، pH غلظت پرتودیده نشان‌دارسازی آن با رادیوایزوتوپ گالیم-67 عنوان یک عامل تصویربرداری وضوح بالا برای تو...

Epidemiological and experimental evidence support health risks associated with the exposure to airborne particulate matter with a diameter of <10 μM (PM10). PM10 stimulates the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflammatory mediators. Thus, we assumed that natural antioxidants might provide health benefits attenuating hazardous effects of PM10. In the present study, we examined th...