Air quality during the COVID-19: PM2. 5 analysis in the 50 most polluted capital cities in the world

D Rodríguez-Urrego, L Rodríguez-Urrego - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract On December 31, 2019, the Chinese authorities reported to the World Health
Organization (WHO) the outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus that causes a serious …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons derivatives in environmental matrices

A Krzyszczak, B Czech - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last years, there is great attention paid to the determination of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) in different environmental matrices. Extensive reviews on PAHs …

Particulate matter air pollution and respiratory impact on humans and animals

C Losacco, A Perillo - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018 - Springer
Air pollution is now fully acknowledged to be a public health problem and a social issue.
Particulate matter (PM) concentration has been linked with several clinical manifestations of …

Aeroparticles, composition, and lung diseases

CI Falcon-Rodriguez, AR Osornio-Vargas… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Urban air pollution is a serious worldwide problem due to its impact on human health. In the
past 60 years, growing evidence established a correlation between exposure to air …

Biomarkers for the adverse effects on respiratory system health associated with atmospheric particulate matter exposure

C Guo, S Lv, Y Liu, Y Li - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Large amounts of epidemiological evidence have confirmed the atmospheric particulate
matter (PM 2.5) exposure was positively correlated with the morbidity and mortality of …

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5): The culprit for chronic lung diseases in China

T Li, R Hu, Z Chen, Q Li, S Huang, Z Zhu… - Chronic diseases and …, 2018 - mednexus.org
Air pollution is a world public health problem. Particulate matter (PM), a mix of solid and
liquid particles in the air, becomes an increasing concern in the social and economic …

A global perspective of fine particulate matter pollution and its health effects

A Mukherjee, M Agrawal - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 2018 - Springer
Fine particulate matter (PM) in the ambient air is implicated in a variety of human health
issues throughout the globe. Regulation of fine PM in the atmosphere requires information …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derivatives in airborne particulate matter: sources, analysis and toxicity

I Abbas, G Badran, A Verdin, F Ledoux… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are worldwide pollutants produced mainly during
incomplete combustion and pyrolysis of organic substances. PAH derivatives are …

Characteristics and oxidative potential of atmospheric PM2. 5 in Beijing: Source apportionment and seasonal variation

SY Yu, WJ Liu, YS Xu, K Yi, M Zhou, S Tao… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract PM 2.5 (particulate matter with the aerodynamic diameter D p< 2.5 μm) was
hypothesized to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and induce oxidative stress …

Breathing fresh air in the city: implementing avenue trees as a sustainable solution to reduce particulate pollution in urban agglomerations

M Mandal, R Popek, A Przybysz, A Roy, S Das… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The issue of air pollution from particulate matter (PM) is getting worse as more and more
people move into urban areas around the globe. Due to the complexity and diversity of …