[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the impact of desert dust outbreaks for air quality for health studies

X Querol, A Tobías, N Pérez, A Karanasiou… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
We review the major features of desert dust outbreaks that are relevant to the assessment of
dust impacts upon human health. Our ultimate goal is to provide scientific guidance for the …

A systematic review on global pollution status of particulate matter-associated potential toxic elements and health perspectives in urban environment

MU Ali, G Liu, B Yousaf, H Ullah, Q Abbas… - … geochemistry and health, 2019 - Springer
Airborne particulate matter (PM) that is a heterogeneous mixture of particles with a variety of
chemical components and physical features acts as a potential risk to human health. The …

[HTML][HTML] A global assessment of precipitation chemistry and deposition of sulfur, nitrogen, sea salt, base cations, organic acids, acidity and pH, and phosphorus

R Vet, RS Artz, S Carou, M Shaw, CU Ro, W Aas… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
A global assessment of precipitation chemistry and deposition has been carried out under
the direction of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Atmosphere Watch …

[HTML][HTML] AIRUSE-LIFE: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

F Amato, A Alastuey, A Karanasiou… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The AIRUSE-LIFE+ project aims at characterizing similarities and heterogeneities in
particulate matter (PM) sources and contributions in urban areas from southern Europe …

Research on aerosol sources and chemical composition: Past, current and emerging issues

AI Calvo, C Alves, A Castro, V Pont, AM Vicente… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
In spite of considerable progresses in recent years, a quantitative and predictive
understanding of atmospheric aerosol sources, chemical composition, transformation …

African dust outbreaks over the Mediterranean Basin during 2001–2011: PM10 concentrations, phenomenology and trends, and its relation with synoptic and …

J Pey, X Querol, A Alastuey, F Forastiere… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
The occurrence of African dust outbreaks over the whole Mediterranean Basin has been
studied on an 11-yr period (2001–2011). In order to evaluate the impact of such mineral dust …

Bulk composition of northern African dust and its source sediments—A compilation

D Scheuvens, L Schütz, K Kandler, M Ebert… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of bulk compositional data of northern African dust and its
potential source sediments and includes elemental, isotope and mineralogical data …

Major air pollutants seasonal variation analysis and long-range transport of PM10 in an urban environment with specific climate condition in Transylvania (Romania)

Z Bodor, K Bodor, Á Keresztesi, R Szép - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
The air quality decrease, especially in urban areas, is related to local-scale conditions and
to dispersion of air pollutants (regional and long-range) as well. The main objective of this …

Desert Dust Outbreaks in Southern Europe: Contribution to Daily PM10 Concentrations and Short-Term Associations with Mortality and Hospital Admissions

M Stafoggia, S Zauli-Sajani, J Pey… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Evidence on the association between short-term exposure to desert dust and
health outcomes is controversial. Objectives: We aimed to estimate the short-term effects of …

Health effects from Sahara dust episodes in Europe: literature review and research gaps

A Karanasiou, N Moreno, T Moreno, M Viana… - Environment …, 2012 - Elsevier
The adverse consequences of particulate matter (PM) on human health have been well
documented. Recently, special attention has been given to mineral dust particles, which may …