Mechanisms of lung damage and development of COPD due to household biomass-smoke exposure: inflammation, oxidative stress, MicroRNAs, and gene …

B Ortiz-Quintero, I Martínez-Espinosa, R Pérez-Padilla - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic exposure to indoor biomass smoke from the combustion of solid organic fuels is a
major cause of disease burden worldwide. Almost 3 billion people use solid fuels such as …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the physicochemical characteristics of ultrafine particle emissions from domestic solid fuel combustion during cooking and heating

A Kuye, P Kumar - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Residential solid fuel combustion has increased because of rising energy costs but little is
known about the emission characteristics of unregulated pollutants such as ultrafine …

Physicochemical and toxicological properties of wood smoke particulate matter as a function of wood species and combustion condition

D Singh, DD Tassew, J Nelson, MCG Chalbot… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wood burning is a major source of ambient particulate matter (PM) and has been
epidemiologically linked to adverse pulmonary health effects, however the impact of fuel and …

Physicochemical Characterization of the Particulate Matter in New Jersey/New York City Area, Resulting from the Canadian Quebec Wildfires in June 2023

JG Cedeño Laurent, H Parhizkar… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The global increase in wildfires, primarily driven by climate change, significantly affects air
quality and health. Wildfire-emitted particulate matter (WFPM) is linked to adverse health …

Renewable Energy Potential and CO2 Performance of Main Biomasses Used in Brazil

EPR Alves, O Salcedo-Puerto, J Nuncira, S Emebu… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review investigates the effects of the Brazilian agriculture production and forestry sector
on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Residual biomasses produced mainly in the agro …

[HTML][HTML] Light absorption dynamics of brown carbon particles during wood combustion and pyrolysis

C Moularas, P Demokritou, GA Kelesidis - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2024 - Elsevier
The light absorption dynamics of brown carbon (BrC) particles emitted during combustion or
pyrolysis of pinewood are elucidated here using an integrated thermal incineration platform …

Effective density of inhaled environmental and engineered nanoparticles and its impact on the lung deposition and dosimetry

D Lizonova, A Nagarkar, P Demokritou… - Particle and Fibre …, 2024 - Springer
Background Airborne environmental and engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are inhaled and
deposited in the respiratory system. The inhaled dose of such NPs and their deposition …

Cleaning the flue in wood-burning stoves is a key factor in reducing household air pollution

M Rahman, H Petersen, H Irshad, C Liu, J McDonald… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In experimental settings, replacing old wood stoves with new wood stoves results in reduced
personal exposure to household air pollution. We tested this assumption by measuring PM2 …