Association Between Long‑Term Exposure to Air Pollution and the Rate of Mortality After Hip Fracture Surgery in Patients Older Than 60 Years: Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan by Shu-Han Chuang, Yi-Jie Kuo, Shu-Wei Huang, Han-Wei Zhang, Hsiao-Ching Peng, Yu-Pin Chen

“…Using patients’ insurance registration data, we estimated their cumulative exposure levels to sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), particulate matter having a size of <10 μm (PM10), particulate matter having a size of <2.5 μm (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides (NOX), nitrogen monoxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), total hydrocarbons (THC), nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHC), and methane (CH4). …”
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Association between Cough and Ambient Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Patients with Chronic Cough: An Observational Study in Two Regions of Japan by Akinori Hara, Hiroshi Odajima, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Masaki Fujimura, Tomoko Toma, Taizo Wada, Noriyuki Ohkura, Jiaye Zhao, Kim-Oanh Pham, Keita Suzuki, Hiromasa Tsujiguchi, Akinori Takami, Kazuichi Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Nakamura

“…Ambient concentrations of fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide were obtained from local monitoring sites. …”
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Recommendations for HCHO and SO₂ Retrieval Settings from MAX-DOAS Observations under Different Meteorological Conditions by Zeeshan Javed, Aimon Tanvir, Muhammad Bilal, Wenjing Su, Congzi Xia, Abdul Rehman, Yuanyuan Zhang, Osama Sandhu, Chengzhi Xing, Xiangguang Ji, Mingjie Xie, Cheng Liu, Yuhang Wang

“…In this study, various reported retrieval settings for formaldehyde (HCHO) and sulfur dioxide (SO₂) are compared to evaluate the performance of these settings under different meteorological conditions (clear day, haze, and fog). …”
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The long-term and short-term effects of ambient air pollutants on sleep characteristics in the Chinese population: big data analysis from real world by sleep records of consumer we... by Peining Zhou, Jing Ma, Xueying Li, Yixue Zhao, Kunyao Yu, Rui Su, Rui Zhou, Hui Wang, Guangfa Wang

“…Air pollution data including particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and ozone (O3) were collected from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. …”
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Estimation of the ground-level SO2 concentration in eastern China based on the LightGBM model and Himawari-8 TOAR by Tan Xu, Bin Chen, Bin Chen, Yuxiang Ren, Yuxiang Ren, Lin Zhao, Lin Zhao, Jiashun Hu, Jiashun Hu, Yufei Wang, Zhihao Song, Zhihao Song, Xiang Li

“…Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is one of the main pollutants in China’s atmosphere, but the spatial distribution of ground-based SO2 monitors is too sparse to provide a complete coverage. …”
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Enhancing room-temperature gas sensing performance of metal oxide semiconductor chemiresistors through 400 nm UV photoexcitation by Suporna Paul, Emily Resendiz Mendoza, Dung Thi Hanh To, Thomas F. Stahovich, Jennifer Schaefer, Nosang V. Myung

“…To develop room temperature (21±2 °C) MOS chemiresistive gas sensors, the sensing performance of different MOS nanostructures (i.e., tin (IV) oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles (NPs), indium (III) oxide (In2O3) NPs, zinc oxide (ZnO) NPs, tungsten trioxide (WO3) NPs, copper oxide (CuO) nanotubes (NTs), and indium tin oxide (In90Sn10O3 (ITO)) NPs) were systematically investigated toward different toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) (i.e., nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ammonia (NH3), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (i.e., acetone (C3H6O), toluene (C6H5CH3), ethylbenzene (C6H5CH2CH3), and p-xylene (C6H4(CH3)2)) in the presence and absence of 400 nm UV light illumination.Sensing performance enhancement through photoexcitation is strongly dependent on the target analytes. …”
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Evaluating the impact of gypsum as a novel bedding material on broiler performance, foot pad health, and fear response by Cesar Escobar, Dexter B. Watts, H. Allen Torbert, Matthew A. Bailey, James T. Krehling, Denise Landers, Alexandra P. Jackson, Melissa Gilpin, Katie Still, Luis R. Munoz, Leticia Orellana, Yagya Adhikari, Kenneth S. Macklin, Bethany Baker-Cook

“…ABSTRACT: Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) gypsum is a byproduct of the coal-fired power plant process commonly used to remove sulfur dioxide emissions from the flue gas. FGD gypsum has numerous industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications. …”
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Effectiveness of complex plans for air protection activities at heat and power enterprises as per risk mitigation and health harm indicators by N.V. Zaitseva, S.V. Kleyn, D.V. Goryaev, А.М. Andrishunas, S.Yu. Balashov, S.Yu. Zagorodnov

“…It is necessary to implement additional air protection activities with respect to 12 pollutants (nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, carbon (soot), carbon oxide, sulfur dioxide, dihydrosulfide, inorganic dust containing silicon dioxide in %: 70–20, dimethyl benzene, ethyl benzene, benzene, formaldehyde, and kerosene); to use the best available technologies with respect to the most hazardous chemicals; to monitor public health in areas with elevated health risks; to implement complex medical and preventive activities. …”
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Atmospheric evolution of volcanic smog ("vog") from Kılauea: Real-time measurements of oxidation, dilution, and neutralization within a volcanic plume by Wallace, Lisa M. M., Croteau, Philip L., Jayne, John T., Worsnop, Douglas R., Heald, Colette L., Murphy, Jennifer G., Frankel, Sheila L., Kroll, Jesse, Cross, Eben Spencer, Hunter, James, Pai, Sidhant J.

“…Instrumentation included a sulfur dioxide monitor and an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor, allowing for a measurement of the partitioning between the two major sulfur species (gas-phase SO[subscript 2] and particulate sulfate) every 5 min. …”
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Sensitivity of inorganic aerosol impacts to US precursor emissions by Holt, Jareth (Jareth Ian)

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Gaseous (DMS, MSA, SO₂, H₂SO₄ and DMSO) and particulate (sulfate and methanesulfonate) sulfur species over the northeastern coast of Crete by H. Bardouki, H. Berresheim, M. Vrekoussis, J. Sciare, J. Sciare, G. Kouvarakis, K. Oikonomou, K. Oikonomou, J. Schneider, N. Mihalopoulos

“…Intensive measurements of gaseous dimethylsulfide (DMS), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), sulfuric (H₂SO₄) and methanesulfonic acids (MSA) and particulate sulfate (SO₄^2-) and methanesulfonate (MS^-) have been performed during the campaign.…”
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Response of fine particulate matter concentrations to changes of emissions and temperature in Europe by A. G. Megaritis, C. Fountoukis, P. E. Charalampidis, C. Pilinis, S. N. Pandis

“…A summer and a winter simulation period were used, to investigate the seasonal dependence of the PM_2.5 response to 50% reductions of sulfur dioxide (SO₂), ammonia (NH₃), nitrogen oxides (NO_x), anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and anthropogenic primary organic aerosol (POA) emissions and also to temperature increases of 2.5 and 5 K. …”
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The nonlinear response of fine particulate matter pollution to ammonia emission reductions in North China by Zehui Liu, Mi Zhou, Youfan Chen, Dan Chen, Yuepeng Pan, Tao Song, Dongsheng Ji, Qi Chen, Lin Zhang

“…Recent Chinese air pollution actions have significantly lowered the levels of fine particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) in North China via controlling emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO _2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO _x ) together with primary aerosols, while the emissions of another precursor, ammonia (NH _3 ), have not yet been regulated. …”
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Short-Term Ambient Air Pollution and Urticaria in Guangzhou, China: Estimating the Association and Population Attributable Fraction by Huanli Wang, Morgan Matusik, Robert Wunderlich, Sarah E. Hanson, Kelly Babich, Lilianne Samad, Aaron M. Qian, Stephen Edward McMillin, Xingdong Ye, Sanquan Zhang, Yumei Liu, Xiaoyin Chen, Zhenjie Li, Hualiang Lin, Huilan Zhu, Xiaojie Wang

“…This study utilized generalized additive models to investigate the association between particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 10 μm (PM₁₀) and 2.5 μm (PM_2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and sulfur dioxide (SO₂), and daily outpatient visits for urticaria in Guangzhou, China from 2013 to 2017. …”
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Severer air pollution, poorer cognitive function: Findings from 176,345 elders in Northwestern China by Zhaohuan Gui, Weidong Ji, Yushan Wang, Jiaxin Li, Yinlin Cheng, Lin Li, Guanghui Dong, Boyi Yang, Yi Zhou

“…A satellite-based spatiotemporal model was applied to assess three-year annual averages of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM2.5), ≤ 10 µm (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), and ozone (O3) at residential address. …”
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Methane Combustion over Zeolite-Supported Palladium-Based Catalysts by Jinxiong Tao, Yuxi Liu, Jiguang Deng, Lin Jing, Zhiquan Hou, Lu Wei, Zhiwei Wang, Hongxing Dai

“…However, the catalytic activities of the conventional supported palladium catalysts (e.g., Pd/Al₂O₃ and Pd/ZrO₂) are easy to decrease or the two catalysts can even be deactivated under actual harsh reaction conditions (high temperatures, steam- and sulfur dioxide-containing atmospheres, etc.). Recently, noble metal catalysts supported on zeolites with ordered pores and good thermal stability have attracted much attention. …”
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Airborne Vertical Profiling of Mercury Speciation near Tullahoma, TN, USA by Steve Brooks, Xinrong Ren, Mark Cohen, Winston T. Luke, Paul Kelley, Richard Artz, Anthony Hynes, William Landing, Borja Martos

“…These airborne measurements included gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM) and particulate bound mercury (PBM), as well as ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), condensation nuclei (CN) and meteorological parameters. …”
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Associations between maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and trajectories of infant growth: A birth cohort study by Jiaying Fu, Qingmei Lin, Baozhuo Ai, Meijun Li, Weidong Luo, Saijun Huang, Hong Yu, Yin Yang, Hualiang Lin, Jing Wei, Xi Su, Zilong Zhang

“…Using satellite-based spatial-temporal models, prenatal exposure to air pollutants including particulate matter with an aerodynamic dimension of < 2.5 µm (PM2.5), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) was assessed at each woman's residence. …”
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Four-dimensional variational assimilation for SO₂ emission and its application around the COVID-19 lockdown in the spring 2020 over China by Y. Hu, Y. Hu, Z. Zang, X. Ma, Y. Li, Y. Liang, W. You, X. Pan, Z. Li, Z. Li

“…In this study, a four-dimensional variational assimilation (4DVAR) system based on the “top-down” approach was developed to optimise sulfur dioxide (SO<span class="inline-formula">₂)</span> emissions by assimilating the data of SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> concentrations from surface observational stations. …”
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Impact of air pollution on healthcare utilization in patients with bronchiectasis by Hyun Lee, Sang Hyuk Kim, Sun-Kyung Lee, Sun-Kyung Lee, Hayoung Choi, Sung Jun Chung, Dong Won Park, Tai Sun Park, Ji-Yong Moon, Tae-Hyung Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Jang Won Sohn, Ho Joo Yoon

“…The air pollutants included particulate matter of 10 μm or less in diameter (PM10), particulate matter of 2.5 μm or less in diameter (PM2.5), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). …”
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