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Air pollutant concentrations
About: Air pollutant concentrations is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1652 publications have been published within this topic receiving 36138 citations.
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TL;DR: A small increase in air pollution leads to a large increase in the COVID-19 infectivity and mortality rate in England, and this study provides a framework to guide both health and emissions policies in countries affected by this pandemic.
350 citations
University of Washington1, University of Michigan2, Columbia University3, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute4, Wake Forest University5, Boise State University6, Northwestern University7, University of Illinois at Chicago8, Drexel University9, University of Minnesota10, Johns Hopkins University11, New York Academy of Medicine12, University of Wisconsin-Madison13, University of California, Los Angeles14
TL;DR: Increased concentrations of PM2.5 and traffic-related air pollution within metropolitan areas, in ranges commonly encountered worldwide, are associated with progression in coronary calcification, consistent with acceleration of atherosclerosis, which supports the case for global efforts of pollution reduction in prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
349 citations
TL;DR: This review aims to summarise the state-of-the-art research on aircraft and airport emissions and attempts to synthesise the results of studies that have addressed this issue, to address the future potential of research by highlighting research needs.
324 citations
TL;DR: A PCA/APCS model was applied to the data on non-methane hydrocarbons measured from January to December 2001 at two sampling sites in Hong Kong and found that vehicle emissions and LPG or natural gas leakage were the main sources of C(3)-C(5) alkanes and C( 3-C( 5) alkenes while aromatics were predominantly released from paints.
274 citations