Mixture Regression for Clustering Atmospheric-Sounding Data: A Study of the Relationship between Temperature Inversions and PM₁₀ Concentrations by Peter Mlakar, Jana Faganeli Pucer

“…Temperature inversions prevent the mixing of air near the surface with the air higher in the atmosphere, contributing to high concentrations of air pollutants. Inversions can be identified by sampling temperature data at different heights, usually done with radiosondes. …”
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Contribution and uncertainty of sectorial and regional emissions to regional and global PM_2.5 health impacts by M. Crippa, G. Janssens-Maenhout, D. Guizzardi, R. Van Dingenen, F. Dentener

“…<p>In this work we couple the HTAP_v2.2 global air pollutant emission inventory with the global source receptor model TM5-FASST to evaluate the relative contributions of the major anthropogenic emission sources (power generation, industry, ground transport, residential, agriculture and international shipping) to air quality and human health in 2010. …”
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Observations and analysis of organic aerosol evolution in some prescribed fire smoke plumes by A. A. May, T. Lee, G. R. McMeeking, S. Akagi, A. P. Sullivan, S. Urbanski, R. J. Yokelson, S. M. Kreidenweis

“…Open biomass burning is a significant source of primary air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) and non-methane organic gases (NMOG). …”
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Monitoring Rainwater Properties and Outdoor Particulate Matter in a Former Steel Manufacturing City in Romania by Daniel Dunea, Virgil Iordache, Loredana Neagu Frasin, Aurora Neagoe, Laurentiu Predescu, Stefania Iordache

“…Wet deposition is influencing air quality because air pollutants are washed away from the surrounding air. …”
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Ecological and biological characteristics of Betula pendula in the conditions of urban environment by Y. M. Petrushkevуch, I. I. Korshуkov

“…Morphometric, anatomical and statistical methods were used to identify the most sensitive indicators of the impact of air pollutants. As a result of this research, changes associated with greater level of technogenic pollution were revealed in the morphological and anatomical parameters of the leaf blade, namely: reduction in the length of the petiole to 14.3%, in the length of the leaf blade to 8.4% and its width to 12.8%; a decrease in length, width and area of the stomata up to 29.4%, 25.9%, 48.1%, respectively; an increase in thickness of the leaf blade to 23.0% and its tissues, as well as the stomata density per 1 mm2 of the leaf to 47.3%. …”
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Are environmental pollutants risk factors for low birth weight? Os poluentes ambientais são fatores de risco para o baixo peso ao nascer? by Luiz Fernando C. Nascimento, Douglas A. Moreira

“…The aim of this study was to assess the association between prenatal exposure to air pollutants and low birth weight in a medium-sized city. …”
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Environmental Performance of Hypothetical Canadian Pre-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture Processes Using Life-Cycle Techniques by Lakkana Piewkhaow, Anastassia Manuilova, Christine W. Chan, Malcolm Wilson, Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul

“…Moreover, ambient air pollutant modeling was also conducted by using American Meteorological Society/Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Model (AERMOD) air dispersion modeling to determine the ground-level concentration of pollutants emitted from four different electricity generating stations. …”
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Relationship between heatwave and years of life lost associated with stroke in Guangdong Province: Based on Bayesian spatio-temporal model by Lixia YUAN, Ruilin MENG, Jiali LI, Lifeng LIN, Xiaojun XU, Jianpeng XIAO, Guanhao HE, Jianxiong HU, Zuhua RONG, Wenjun MA, Tao LIU

“…With global warming, the studies on temperature and stroke have attracted much attention.ObjectiveTo analyze he relationships between heatwave and the years of life lost (YLL) by different subtypes of stroke by controlling temporal and spatial effects with Bayesian spatio-temporal model, and to study the modifiers of the health effect of heatwave.MethodsThe daily information of stroke deaths, meteorological data, and air pollutant data in 40 districts and counties of Guangdong Province were collected during the warm seasons (from May to October) in the years from 2014 to 2017. …”
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF IRON DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS OF THE KRASNODAR TERRITORY by V. A. Shashel, A. A. Bishenova, E. G. Potyagailo, N. N. Shchegolevataya

“…The detected risk factors for the emergence of GVH in children exacerbate its effect against the background of air pollutants, water basins and agricultural lands.Conclusion. …”
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Seasonal Variations in the Daily Mortality Associated with Exposure to Particles, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Ozone in Stockholm, Sweden, from 2000 to 2016 by Henrik Olstrup, Christer Johansson, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Hans Orru

“…Urban air pollutant emissions and concentrations vary throughout the year due to various factors, e.g., meteorological conditions and human activities. …”
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Short-term association of in-vehicle ultrafine particles and black carbon concentrations with respiratory health in Parisian taxi drivers by Melissa Hachem, Maxime Loizeau, Nadine Saleh, Isabelle Momas, Lynda Bensefa-Colas

“…Introduction: Professional drivers are exposed inside their vehicles to high levels of air pollutants due to the considerable time they spend close to motor vehicle emissions. …”
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Reflections by a member of the Editorial Board by Kevin T. Smith

“…Afterwards they obtained a joint Yugoslav American Project, “Possible alterations of wood in air polluted trees”, which defined my earlier collaborations with Professor Torelli and Katarina Čufar on silver fir decline in Slovenia and Europe. …”
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Snow Samples Combined With Long-Range Transport Modeling to Reveal the Origin and Temporal Variability of Black Carbon in Seasonal Snow in Sodankylä (67°N) by Outi Meinander, Anna Kontu, Rostislav Kouznetsov, Rostislav Kouznetsov, Mikhail Sofiev

“…The deposition of local and long-range transported air pollutants includes light-absorbing aerosols, such as black carbon (BC), which darken bright surfaces and induce snow melt. …”
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Residential greenspace and anxiety symptoms among Australian women living in major cities: A longitudinal analysis by Tafzila A. Mouly, Gita D. Mishra, Perry Hystad, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Luke D. Knibbs

“…NDVI500m was modestly attenuated when air pollutants were adjusted for, while fNPV500m only became significant when PM2.5 was adjusted for. …”
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Impact of international shipping emissions on ozone and PM_2.5 in East Asia during summer: the important role of HONO and ClNO₂ by J. Dai, T. Wang

“…<p>Ocean-going ships emit large amounts of air pollutants such as nitrogen oxide (NO<span class="inline-formula">_<i>x</i></span>) and particulate matter. …”
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Kitchen fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations from biomass fuel use in rural households of Northwest Ethiopia by Habtamu Demelash Enyew, Abebe Beyene Hailu, Seid Tiku Mereta

“…BackgroundCombustion of solid biomass fuels using traditional stoves which is the daily routine for 3 billion people emits various air pollutants including fine particulate matter which is one of the widely recognized risk factors for various cardiorespiratory and other health problems. …”
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Effects of Landscape Patterns on Atmospheric Particulate Matter Concentrations in Fujian Province, China by Fengyi Lin, Xingwei Chen

“…The seasonal variations in all air pollutant concentrations show similar characteristics, i.e., high in spring and winter and low in summer and autumn. …”
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A cohort study evaluating the risk of stroke associated with long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter in Taiwan by Pei-Chun Chen, Fung-Chang Sung, Chih-Hsin Mou, Chao W. Chen, Shan P. Tsai, Dennis H. P. Hsieh, Chung Y. Hsu

“…We obtained data on air pollutants and meteorological measurements from air quality monitoring stations across Taiwan in 2010–2015. …”
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Spatiotemporal variation characteristics of global fires and their emissions by H. Fan, X. Yang, C. Zhao, Y. Yang, Z. Shen

“…Excluding <span class="inline-formula">CO₂</span>, aerosol emissions (the total of organic carbon (OC), total carbon (TC), black carbon (BC)) ranged from 78.6 % to 84.2 %, while the least significant air pollutants (the total of PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span>, <span class="inline-formula">SO₂</span>, and <span class="inline-formula">NO_<i>x</i></span>) ranged from 5.8 % to 11.7 %. …”
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Quality analysis, Anti-bacterial activity and Chemical Characterization of Ethnobotanical (Hawan) Medicinal Fumes by Vijaylatha Rastogi, Swami Krishnanand, Raja Babu Panwar, Karampendethu Mathai Chacko, Rajavally Prem, Chhavi Vijay, Varun Agiwal

“…Previously studies have shown potential of herbal fume for anti-microbial activity as well as for therapeutic purposes along with reduction in the air pollutants post Hawan. However, there was no study which had tested and compared herbal fumes of hawan in control and natural environment for air-quality, anti-bacterial activity and for presence of bio-compounds present in time-dependent manner simultaneously. …”
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