Formaldehyde in China: production, consumption, exposure levels, and health effects

X Tang, Y Bai, A Duong, MT Smith, L Li… - Environment international, 2009 - Elsevier
Formaldehyde, an economically important chemical, is classified as a human carcinogen
that causes nasopharyngeal cancer and probably leukemia. As China is the largest …

Application of the comet assay in human biomonitoring: An hCOMET perspective

A Azqueta, C Ladeira, L Giovannelli… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The comet assay is a well-accepted biomonitoring tool to examine the effect of dietary,
lifestyle, environmental and occupational exposure on levels of DNA damage in human …

Particulate matter properties and health effects: consistency of epidemiological and toxicological studies

PE Schwarze, J Øvrevik, M Låg… - Human & …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Identifying the ambient particulate matter (PM) fractions or constituents, critically involved in
eliciting adverse health effects, is crucial to the implementation of more cost-efficient …

Exposure to formaldehyde and its potential human health hazards

KH Kim, SA Jahan, JT Lee - Journal of Environmental Science and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A widely used chemical, formaldehyde is normally present in both indoor and outdoor air.
The rapid growth of formaldehyde-related industries in the past two decades reflects the …

A review of the field on children's exposure to environmental contaminants: A risk assessment approach

A Ferguson, R Penney, H Solo-Gabriele - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Background: Children must be recognized as a sensitive population based on having
biological systems and organs in various stages of development. The processes of …

Metagenomic insights into the bioaerosols in the indoor and outdoor environments of childcare facilities

SK Shin, J Kim, S Ha, HS Oh, J Chun, J Sohn, H Yi - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Airborne microorganisms have significant effects on human health, and children are more
vulnerable to pathogens and allergens than adults. However, little is known about the …

Biomonitoring exposure assessment to contemporary pesticides in a school children population of Spain

M Roca, A Miralles-Marco, J Ferré, R Pérez… - Environmental research, 2014 - Elsevier
The exposure to pesticides amongst school-aged children (6–11 years old) was assessed in
this study. One hundred twenty-five volunteer children were selected from two public schools …

A review of the mutagenicity and rodent carcinogenicity of ambient air

LD Claxton, GM Woodall Jr - Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation …, 2007 - Elsevier
Although ambient air was first shown to be carcinogenic in 1947 and mutagenic in 1975, no
overarching review of the subsequent literature has been produced. Recently, Claxton et …

[HTML][HTML] Pesticide exposure in New Zealand school-aged children: Urinary concentrations of biomarkers and assessment of determinants

Y Li, X Wang, JF McKenzie, A Mannetje, S Cheng… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to assess pesticide exposure and its determinants in children aged 5–14
years. Urine samples (n= 953) were collected from 501 participating children living in urban …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of physical and microbiological parameters on proper indoor air quality in nursery

M Basińska, M Michałkiewicz, K Ratajczak - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Although the evaluation of air quality in the residential and office rooms has been
significantly developed in recent decades, the issues associated with securing the air quality …