... forming the links between
emissions onthe one hand and exposure andeffectsonthe other hand.
The EUROAIRNET information system is developed and maintained by the European Topic Centre
on Air ... calculating the external monetary costs ofairpollution or the
benefits of preventive actions. The output ofthe HIA process will be the number of events attributable to
air pollution in the target ... summertime haze air
pollution in Toronto, Ontario: consideration ofthe role of acid aerosols. Environ Res. 1994; 65(2): 271-90.
22.
SCHWARTZ J. Airpollutionand hospital admissions for the elderly...
... The Health EffectsofAirPollutionon Children Fall 2000
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Introduction
Air pollution has many effectsonthe health of both adults and children. The purpose of
this article ...
Sources of Carbon Monoxide 7
Health Effectsof Carbon Monoxide 7
Prenatal Effectsof Carbon Monoxide 8
Airborne Particles 8
The Challenge of Measuring Particle Pollution 8
Sources of Particle Pollution ... may always contain some amount ofair
pollution.
Which Air Pollutants Have the Greatest Impact onthe Health of
Children and Adults?
Ozone
Ozone is one ofthe most important air pollutants...
... substitutions imposed on the
backbone conformation of WT* shows that the pattern of
P37
P38
P19
W45
Fig. 1. Ribbon structure modelled onthe X-ray structure of human
ubiquitin [32]. The position and ... establish whether the
substitutions of P37 and P38 are substantially perturbing
the conformation and dynamics in this region ofthe protein,
or more specifically, whether st ructural effects are ... erturba-
tions andthe pattern of NOEs in the vicinity of the
mutation sites. Deviations of Ha signals from random coil
chemical shifts pro vide a sensitive probe of local perturba-
tions to secondary...
... assayed by varying the concen-
tration of Tm in the presence of constant concentration of
F-actin and myosin S1. In this condition, Tm inh ibits the
ATPase activity as its concentration increases [33]. ... contributions to the understanding of
theeffectsof these mutations onthe clinical symptoms of
patients carrying cardiomyopathic Tms.
Experimental procedures
Construction of expression plasmids and site-directed
mutagenesis
The ... stability ofthe protein as a whole, rather
than onthe position ofthe mutation in the polypeptide chain,
as demonstrated by the biophysical assays. Our studies h ave
provided additional contributions...
...
interaction B-B - between ions in sublattice B and interaction A-B - between ions of sublattices A and
B. We denote λ
aa
, λ
bb
, λ
ab
correspond to molecular-field constants of exchange interaction ... frustration arising from the co-existence of competing
antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic interactions. The separation of FC and ZFC curves at low
temperatures could be considered that the sample ... lattice constant and volume of unit cell increase with Zn content
in the samples due to larger ionic radius of Zn
2+
ion (0.82 Å) substituted for Ni
2+
ion (0.78 Å).
The X-ray density, the real...
... to
consider carefully the connections between the chemistry ofthe atmosphere and climate. These
connections are complex and their nonlinearity is exemplified by the fact that concentrations of
ozone ... regionally variable and partially-offsetting, effectsof BC on absorption and
reflection of sunlight, reflectivity of clouds, andthe strength of lower tropospheric convection
(Wang, 2004). These ... be
representative of a real comprehensive airpollution control approach.
MIT Joint Program on the
Science and Policy of Global Change
Effects ofAirPollution Control on Climate
Ronald G. Prinn,...
... distribution oftheeffectsof
pollutants on epiphytic lichens, ground vegeta-
tion andthe growth and crown condition of
Scots pine due to the different sensitivity of these
plant groups to pollution. ... on long-range
transboundary air pollution. Task force on mapping,
Geneva, Publication ofthe Federal Environmental
Agency, Berlin.
Westman L. 1974. Airpollution indications and growth
of ... (2001) and Stebel et al. (2007), and have been included to make the comparison easier. Determination
of the exact age ofthe stands on some ofthe Finnish plots was problematic because all of the...
... Energy and Indoor AirPollutiononthe Health ofthe Poor
Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures
Addressing the Impact of Household
Energy and Indoor
Air Pollutiononthe Health ... stove, and whether the child is carried on the
Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor AirPollutiononthe Health ofthe Poor
Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures
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Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor AirPollutiononthe Health ofthe Poor
Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures
...
... Act 1991 consider environmentand
pollution. The indoor air quality andthe health and
comfort in the workplace environment depends upon a
number of factors in the life cycle ofthe building. ...
buildings. The main reason for the lack of awareness of
the problems is due to the fact that theeffectsof indoor
air pollution are mostly chronic and long term and not
directly and immediately life ...
Construction
airtightness and energy conservation
vs. ventilation for occupants and fabric"
Services and
controls
thermal comfort, lighting, air conditioning,
and control of indoor...
... exposure and mortality or morbidity.
The majority ofairpollutionand health studies fix the effects ofairpollution to
be constant over time, and model long-term trends and temporal correlation in the
health ... against airpollution levels and a vector of covariates, the
latter of which model long-term trends, seasonal variation and temporal correlation
commonly present in the daily mortality series. The ... (PM
10
and the basis functions for the natural cubic splines of calendar time
and temperature) are standardised to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation
of one before inclusion in the model...
... type of GC and the
non-null of GSTM1.
Conclusions: Polymorphisms of oxidative stress-related genes modified effectsof OC and/ or sulfate on 8-OHdG,
suggesting that effectsof OC or sulfate on 8-OHdG ... and indoor air pollution
among non-smoking office employees. Environ Res 2007, 103:331-337.
20. Chua ng KJ, Chang CC, Su TC, Lee CT, Tang CS: The effect of urban air
pollution o n inflammation, ... USA.
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Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program,
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health,
Boston, MA, USA.
Authors’ contributions
CR was responsible...
... ofthe nitrogen critical load
provides an indication ofthe level of risk of adverse
effects of nitrogen on ecosystems
Air pollution will remain a problem
in the future
ã Airpollution continues ... an indication ofthe level of risk of adverse
effects of nitrogen on ecosystems
Air pollution will remain a problem
in the future
ã Airpollution continues to cause cardiovascular and
respiratory ... deposition
After nitrogen deposition
This brochure was produced by the Working Group onEffects
of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention
on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution...
... 12B. The effect ofthe presence of the
adenylates onthe ability of POR-PChlide
640
to undergo
photoconversion was checked by comparing the efficiency
of photoconversion of PLB samples containing ... explanation ofthe acceleration ofthe low-pH
driven spectral changes seen for the photoconverted and
nonphotoconverted enzymes on addition ofthe adenyl
nucleotides or adenosine (Fig. 12) is that these ... during the course of prepar-
ation cannot be excluded, but that still leaves unanswered
the question of how the addition of micromolar concentra-
tions of NADPH suffice to drive the conversion of...