A review of particulate pollution over Himalaya region: Characteristics and salient factors contributing ambient PM pollution

MA Hassan, T Mehmood, J Liu, X Luo, X Li… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Himalayas, which include delicate and unspoiled ecosystems, have the third-largest
glacier ice store in the world. Recent research reveals that anthropogenic and natural factors …

Systematic review of preclinical studies on the neutrophil-mediated immune response to air pollutants, 1980–2020

A Valderrama, MI Zapata, JC Hernandez… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Preclinical evidence about the neutrophil-mediated response in exposure to air pollutants is
scattered and heterogeneous. This has prevented the consolidation of this research field …

Health risk-oriented source apportionment of PM2. 5-associated trace metals

J Xie - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
In health-oriented air pollution control, it is vital to rank the contributions of different emission
sources to the health risks posed by hazardous components in airborne fine particulate …

Fine particulate matter from pig house induced immune response by activating TLR4/MAPK/NF-κB pathway and NLRP3 inflammasome in alveolar macrophages

Q Tang, K Huang, J Liu, S Wu, D Shen, P Dai, C Li - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) from livestock houses is harmful not only to the
health and welfare of animals but also to the farmers working inside. As an important …

[HTML][HTML] Physicochemical characterization and oxidative potential of size fractionated particulate matter: uptake, genotoxicity and mutagenicity in V-79 cells

K Dubey, R Maurya, D Mourya, AK Pandey - … and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
For many years, the impact of Particulate Matter (PM) in the ambient air has been one of the
major concerns for the environment and human health. The consideration of the …

Biochemical, functional and genomic characterization of a new probiotic Ligilactobacillus salivarius F14 from the gut of tribes of Odisha

J Dash, M Sethi, S Deb, D Parida, S Kar… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Characterization of new potential probiotics is desirable in the field of research on
probiotics for their extensive use in health and disease. Tribes could be an unusual source …

Variability of ambient black carbon concentration in the Central Himalaya and its assessment over the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

PK Singh, B Adhikary, X Chen, S Kang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract During 2015–2018, eight black carbon (BC) monitoring sites were established in
Nepal and Bhutan to fill a significant data gap regarding BC measurement in Central …

Geographic and socio-economic variation in markers of indoor air pollution in Nepal: evidence from nationally-representative data

S Ghimire, SR Mishra, A Sharma, A Siweya… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background In low-income countries such as Nepal, indoor air pollution (IAP), generated by
the indoor burning of biomass fuels, is the top-fourth risk factor driving overall morbidity and …

Learnings from COVID-19 forced lockdown on regional air quality and mitigation potential for South Asia

A Upadhyay, PS Mahapatra, PK Singh, S Dahal… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2022 - aaqr.org
South Asia is a hotspot of air pollution with limited resilience and hence, understanding the
mitigation potential of different sources is critically important. In this context the country …

Chemical, microstructural, and biological characterization of wintertime PM2. 5 during a land campaign study in a coastal city of eastern India

PS Mahapatra, U Panda, C Mallik, R Boopathy… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bhubaneswar is a rapidly developing city in the eastern coast of India. Previous studies are
evidence of the importance of its location for understanding the outflow of pollutants from …