[HTML][HTML] Source apportionment of PM2. 5 before and after COVID-19 lockdown in an urban-industrial area of the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal

CA Gamelas, N Canha, A Vicente, A Silva, S Borges… - Urban climate, 2023 - Elsevier
The lockdowns held due to the COVID-19 pandemic conducted to changes in air quality.
This study aimed to understand the variability of PM 2.5 levels and composition in an urban …

Differences in mass concentration and elemental composition of leaf surface particulate matter: Plant species and particle size ranges

S Zhou, Z Zhang, MR Hipsey, J Liu, M Zhang - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leaf surface particulate matter (PM) is an optimal material for the environmental monitoring
of urban green spaces Currently, most studies have looked at leaf surface PM, using only its …

Effects of operating conditions on PM oxidative potential assays

MA Frezzini, N De Francesco, L Massimi… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxidative potential (OP) has been suggested as a biologically relevant exposure metric for
estimating particulate matter (PM) capacity to induce oxidative stress in living organisms …

[HTML][HTML] PM2. 5 elemental composition in indoor residential environments and co-exposure effects on respiratory health in an industrial area

S Canepari, ML Astolfi, G Drago, S Ruggieri… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to identify and characterise indoor sources of particulate matter (PM) in
domestic environments. 74 inhabited apartments located in the urban area of Gela (Sicily …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown to a port-city area: A two-year comparative PMF analysis of PM10 of polluting sources

D Tobarra, E Yubero, Á Clemente, A Carratalá - Atmospheric Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects that the COVID-19 lockdown had in the
PM 10 levels and sources in a city adjacent port where the transport of bulk materials is one …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of urban aerosol pollution before and during the COVID-19 crisis in a central-eastern European urban environment

Z Kertész, S Aljboor, A Angyal, E Papp, E Furu… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
The worldwide restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic induced a radical change in
urban air quality. The objective of this work was to study and understand the variation of PM …

Variations of chemical composition of NR-PM1 under the influence of sea land breeze in a coastal city of Southeast China

Y Chen, C Yang, L Xu, X Fan, J Shi, R Zheng… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sea land breeze (SLB) is a common local mesoscale circulation in coastal areas, which
varies local weather conditions and further affects the diffusion and transport of air …

In-vivo exposure of a plant model organism for the assessment of the ability of PM samples to induce oxidative stress

E Vaccarella, D Piacentini, G Falasca… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to propose an innovative, simple, rapid, and cost-effective method to study
oxidative stress induced by PM through in-vivo exposure of the plant model organism …

Concentration and size distribution of atmospheric particles in southern Italy during COVID-19 lockdown period

M Conte, A Dinoi, FM Grasso, E Merico… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many countries imposed lockdown (LD) to limit the spread of COVID-19, which led to a
reduction in the emission of anthropogenic atmospheric pollutants. Several studies have …

A new method for the assessment of the oxidative potential of both water-soluble and insoluble PM

MA Frezzini, G Di Iulio, C Tiraboschi, S Canepari… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water-soluble and insoluble fractions of airborne particulate matter (PM) exhibit different
toxicological potentials and peculiar mechanisms of action in biological systems. However …