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Effects of air pollution on meteorological parameters during Deepawali festival over an Indian urban metropolis
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In this article, the authors studied the effect of increased air pollution on the boundary layer meteorology of Kolkata and found that PM10 was the dominant atmospheric pollutant during the Deepawali festival.About:
This article is published in Atmospheric Environment.The article was published on 2014-12-01. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pollutant & Air pollution.read more
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Air quality during and after festivals: Aerosol concentrations, composition and health effects
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the current body of literature on the role of fireworks use (and bonfires) on air quality, visibility, and human health, concluding that there is clear evidence that such events produce exceptionally high level of pollutants, and as a result there can be intense exposures to a multipollutant mixture.
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The influence of meteorological conditions and anthropogenic activities on the seasonal fluctuations of BTEX in the urban air of the Hanseatic city of Gdansk, Poland
TL;DR: A comparison of the accuracy and precision of the results of benzene concentrations in the atmosphere obtained by the BTEX automatic analyzer and passive techniques was performed and a significant influence of meteorological conditions, such as air temperature, intensity of solar radiation, velocity and direction of wind, humidity, and rainfall on the benzene content in ambient air was shown.
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Vertical profiling of fine particulate matter and black carbon by using unmanned aerial vehicle in Macau, China.
TL;DR: Although the results are confined to a height of 500 m AGL, the current study provides a useful dataset for PM vertical distributions, complementing the spatiotemporal variations by ground-based measurements.
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Evaluation of health risk associated with fireworks activity at Central London
TL;DR: Health risk associated with the exposure to potentially toxic elements, including As, Ba, Cr, Cu, Pb, Mn, Ni, Sb, Sr, V, and Zn, of ambient fine particles less than 2.5 μm in diameter at day and night time during firework events was assessed.
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Tropospheric ozone pollution in India: effects on crop yield and product quality.
TL;DR: There is a substantial spatial difference in O3 distribution at different places displaying variable O3 concentrations due to seasonal and geographical variations, and this review further recognizes the major information lacuna and also highlights future perspectives to get the grips with rising trend of ground level O3 pollution.
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Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution
C. Arden Pope,Richard T. Burnett,Michael J. Thun,Eugenia E. Calle,Daniel Krewski,Kazuhiko Ito,George D. Thurston +6 more
TL;DR: Fine particulate and sulfur oxide--related pollution were associated with all-cause, lung cancer, and cardiopulmonary mortality and long-term exposure to combustion-related fine particulate air pollution is an important environmental risk factor for cardiopULmonary and lung cancer mortality.
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Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect
C. Arden Pope,Douglas W. Dockery +1 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive evaluation of the research findings provides persuasive evidence that exposure to fine particulate air pollution has adverse effects on cardiopulmonary health.
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The air pollution caused by the burning of fireworks during the lantern festival in Beijing
Ying Wang,Ying Wang,Guoshun Zhuang,Guoshun Zhuang,Guoshun Zhuang,Chang Xu,Zhisheng An,Zhisheng An +7 more
TL;DR: The effects of the burning of fireworks on air quality in Beijing was firstly assessed from the ambient concentrations of various air pollutants (SO 2, NO 2, PM 2.5, PM 10 and chemical components in the particles) during the lantern festival in 2006 as discussed by the authors.
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Acute effects of air pollution on pediatric asthma exacerbation: Evidence of association and effect modification
Evangelia Samoli,Panagiotis T. Nastos,Athanasios G. Paliatsos,Klea Katsouyanni,Kostas N. Priftis +4 more
TL;DR: This study confirms previously reported PM(10) effects on emergency hospital admissions for pediatric asthma and further provides evidence of stronger effects during desert dust days and provides limited evidence of an association between NO(2) exposure and asthma exacerbation.
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Measurement of fine particulate and gas-phase species during the New Year's fireworks 2005 in Mainz, Germany
TL;DR: In this article, the chemical composition and chemically resolved size distributions of fine aerosol particles were measured at high time resolution (5min) with a time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (TOF-AMS) during the New Year's 2005 fireworks in Mainz, central Germany.