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Air Quality Guidelines Global Update 2005: Particulate Matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide

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The article was published on 2006-12-31 and is currently open access. It has received 1591 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ozone & Nitrogen dioxide.

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Effects of prenatal exposure to NO2 on children's neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: The study indicated that prenatal exposure to NO2 seems to be associated with impaired neural development for children, especially for fine psychomotor, however, further studies are needed for determining the effects of prenatal air pollution exposure on attention, IQ, and behavior.
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Air Quality Impacts at an E-Waste Site in Ghana Using Flexible, Moderate-Cost and Quality-Assured Measurements

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that moderate cost instrumentation, with some modifications, appropriate data cleaning protocols, and attention to understanding local sources and background levels, can be used to characterize spatial and temporal variation in PM levels in urban and industrial areas.
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Global Environmentalism and the World-System: A Cross-National Analysis of Air Pollution:

TL;DR: The rise of a "global environmental regime" manifests in the widespread adoption of environmen... as mentioned in this paper, which represents a global health crisis, leading to 7 million annual deaths worldwide, and therefore must be addressed.
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Effects of ambient particulate matter on fasting blood glucose among primary school children in Guangzhou, China.

TL;DR: Medium-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and PM10 were associated with higher FBG levels in children, and it is found that higher SSBs intake might modify these associations.
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Urban self-sufficiency through optimised ecosystem service demand. A utopian perspective from European cities

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of self-sufficient cities under an environmentally radical, utopian scenario that implies the optimisation of urban ecosystem services (UES) demand by individuals, i.e. the minimum possible consumption of provisioning UES, a reduced need for regulating UES and the adequate fulfilment of cultural UES demand for a reasonable human wellbeing.
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