Health effects of residential wood smoke particles: the importance of combustion conditions and physicochemical particle properties

A Kocbach Bølling, J Pagels, KE Yttri… - Particle and fibre …, 2009 - Springer
Background Residential wood combustion is now recognized as a major particle source in
many developed countries, and the number of studies investigating the negative health …

The critical role of endothelial function in fine particulate matter-induced atherosclerosis

S Liang, J Zhang, R Ning, Z Du, J Liu… - Particle and Fibre …, 2020 - Springer
Ambient and indoor air pollution contributes annually to approximately seven million
premature deaths. Air pollution is a complex mixture of gaseous and particulate materials. In …

The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

M Hallquist, JC Wenger, U Baltensperger… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) accounts for a significant fraction of ambient tropospheric
aerosol and a detailed knowledge of the formation, properties and transformation of SOA is …

Oxidative stress, DNA damage, and inflammation induced by ambient air and wood smoke particulate matter in human A549 and THP-1 cell lines

PH Danielsen, P Møller, KA Jensen… - Chemical research in …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Combustion of biomass and wood for residential heating and/or cooking contributes
substantially to both ambient air and indoor levels of particulate matter (PM). Toxicological …

Physicochemical characterization of fine particles from small-scale wood combustion

H Lamberg, K Nuutinen, J Tissari, J Ruusunen… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Emissions from small-scale wood combustion appliances are of special interest since fine
particles have been consistently associated with adverse health effects. It has been reported …

Emission factors from small scale appliances burning wood and pellets

S Ozgen, S Caserini, S Galante, M Giugliano… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Four manually fed (6–11 kW) firewood burning and two automatic wood pellets (8.8–
25 kW) residential heating appliances were tested under real-world operating conditions in …

Size distribution and chemical composition of airborne particles in south-eastern Finland during different seasons and wildfire episodes in 2006

U Makkonen, H Hellén, P Anttila, M Ferm - Science of the Total Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
The inorganic main elements, trace elements and PAHs were determined from selected
PM1, PM2. 5 and PM10 samples collected at the Nordic background station in Virolahti …

In situ measurements of volatile organic compounds in a boreal forest

H Hakola, H Hellén, M Hemmilä… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
We present biogenic VOC, including sesquiterpenes, measurements at the SMEAR II station
(Station For Measuring Forest Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations) in Finland using an in situ …

Particle-phase concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of rural residential areas in southern Germany

MA Bari, G Baumbach, B Kuch… - Air Quality, Atmosphere & …, 2010 - Springer
An important source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in residential areas,
particularly in the winter season, is the burning process when wood is used for domestic …

Emissions and source allocation of carbonaceous air pollutants from wood stoves in developed countries: A review

Y Olsen, JK Nøjgaard, HR Olesen, J Brandt… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, residential wood combustion (RWC) has become a major source of ambient
particulate matter (PM) in many developed countries, and in some of these countries even …