... research findings in air quality monitoring, modelling, exposure and health; AirPollution – Monitoring, Modelling, Health and Control comprises research findings on air quality monitoring, modelling, ... helps us to understand the status of airpollution levels and to understand the evolution of airpollutionMonitoring gives us the information on emissions sources, because monitoring could be ... (EI), air quality modelling and meteorological modelling The current state of the art of these tools is presented in the next sections 3.1 Monitoring of airpollutionMonitoring of air pollution...
... volumes AirPollution – Monitoring, Modelling and Health mainly consist of chapters describing pioneering research findings in air quality monitoring, modelling, exposure and health; AirPollution ... orders@intechopen.com AirPollution – Monitoring, Modelling, Health and Control, Edited by Mukesh Khare p cm ISBN 978-953-51-0381-3 Contents Preface IX Chapter PollutionandAir Quality in Târgovişte ... affect the nervous system, and the renal, hepatic and respiratory functions 8 AirPollution – Monitoring, Modelling, Health and Control Measurement methods: - - the standard method for lead sampling...
... monsoon rains and droughts, as well as major industrial pollutionand desert sand- and dust storms In the remainder of this article, we shall focus on aerosols in the IndoGangetic Plain and the Arabian ... Suppression of rain and snow by urban and industrial airpollution Science 287 (5459), 1793-1796 Li, Z., 2004: Aerosol and climate: a perspective from East Asia In: Obser vation, Theory and Modelling ... meridional-vertical streamline and temperature; and (d) zonal winds (contour) and specific humidity (shading) D evara, P.C.S., P.E R aj, G Pandithurai, K.K Dani and R.S Maheskumar, 2003: Relationship...
... periodically and this was very time consuming and quite expensive The use of WSN can make airpollutionmonitoring less complex and more instantaneous readings can be obtained [6, 7] Currently, the AirMonitoring ... values WAPMS: THE PROPOSED AIRPOLLUTIONMONITORING SYSTEM The proposed wireless sensor network airpollutionmonitoring system (WAPMS) comprises of an array of sensor nodes and a communications system ... understanding of airpollution is not sufficient to be able to accurately predict air quality at all times throughout the country This is where monitoring can be used to fill the gap in understanding...
... between streets of high and low pollution concentrations, which is impossible with currently published pollution maps Generation of airpollution maps To produce the airpollution maps, we divide ... Kim, H Cha, and R Ha Micro sensor node for air pollutant monitoring: Hardware and software issues In Sensors MEMS, 2009 [10] P Dutta, P Aoki, N Kumar, A Mainwaring, C Myers, W Willett, and A Woodruff ... and E D’Hondt Crowdsourcing of pollution data using smartphones In Workshop on Ubiquitous Crowdsourcing, 2010 [26] W Tsujita, A Yoshino, H Ishida, and T Moriizumi Gas sensor network for air- pollution...
... inhalation rate of 18 m³/day and a dose of 12 mg per cigarette www.milieu-en-gezondheid.be Conclusions • We noted associatons between fetal growth restrictions and particulate airpollution • Especially ... increase in exposure around conception and during pregancy 1.4 14 d Conception 3m 6m 9m Pregnancy Odds ratio 1.2 32-36 w 1.0 > 36 w
... of AirPollutionand Health: The Case of St Louis,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 58:1, 115-121 (1986) Gouveia, N, and T Fletcher, “Respiratory Diseases in Children and Outdoor AirPollution ... and Y Waisel, “Emergency Room Visits of Asthmatic Children, Relation to Air Pollution, Weather, and Airborne Allergens,” Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 81:6 (1998) Gerking, Shelby and ... Desqueyroux and Momas (1999), Gouveia and Fletcher (2000), Fauroux et al (2000), and Norris et al (1999) Criteria pollutants are non-toxic air pollutants considered most responsible for urban air pollution...
... 53 AirPollution in the Petroleum Industry, 79 AirPollution from Iron and Steel Manufacturing, 112 AirPollution from Lead and Zinc Smelting, 130 AirPollution from Nickel Ore Processing and ... P Handbook of airpollution prevention and control / Nicholas P Cheremisinoff p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-7506-7499-7 (alk paper) Air quality management Air- Pollution ... HANDBOOK OF AIRPOLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL HANDBOOK OF AIRPOLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL Nicholas P Cheremisinoff, Ph.D N&P Limited...
... historical and current relationship between energy use andairpollution An explanation of the idea of exposure assessment and the power that it can bring to analyses of the health impacts of airpollution ... only growing airpollution from industry and automobiles that exert what might be called "modem airpollution risks," but also are still experiencing hazard from the "traditional airpollution risks" ... years, however, about how to think about and manage this problem WHERE IS AIR POLLUTION? There are a number of points at which airpollution might be measured and controlled Which are the best choices...
... transmission in geosensor network The airpollutionmonitoring system supports sensor data abstraction andairpollution prevention models for understanding the pollution level and area The models are used ... the pollutionand the potential pollution area with the airpollution prevention model It provides alarm message depending on the detected pollution area In order to extract the status of the air ... Italy, 2004 We implemented the airpollutionmonitoring system utilizes the context model for understanding current and near future pollution area It provided the alarm and safety guideline according...
... ambient air pollutants sampling, it is also necessary to collect information on qualitative and quantitative data on the local sources of air pollution, topography, population distribution, land ... measurement campaign For example, an area map to locate pollution sources andmonitoring locations, sources of pollution situated at far distances, etc and other relevant data that describe the behaviour ... NOTE: National Ambient Air Quality Standard: The levels of air quality with an adequate margin of safety, to protect the public health, vegetation and property Whenever and wherever two consecutive...
... variability with occupational and environmental exposure to particulate airpollution Circulation 104, 986-991 Moolgavkar, S., Luebeck, E and Anderson, E (1997) Airpollutionand hospital admissions ... higher than that of the elderly 2.2 Airpollutionand weather data The five air quality monitoring stations in Taipei measured hourly levels of SO2 , NO2 , CO, PM10 and O3 since September, 1994 One ... by particulate and gaseous pollutants at 2-3 day lags during the study period As to the ER visits for cardiac diseases, current-day airpollution mix also affected adults andairpollution mix...
... spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) stands in Jablunkov, with a focus on airpollution load, and the state of forest soil and nutrition of forest stands MATERIAL AND METHODS The area of interest is ... air, soil and vegetation in forests of the Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 116: 141–150 ČHMÚ, 2001 Znečištění ovzduší na území České republiky v roce 2000, Air ... VI Sampling and Analysis of Deposition, 2006 UN/ECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, International Co-operative Programme on Assessment andMonitoring of AirPollution Effects...
... questionnaire Effects from airpollution were also compared to single lung function parameters FEV1 and FVC Methods Study design and population The SALIA study (Study on the influence of airpollution ... function andair pollution, to avoid confounding Asthma was considered present, when ever diagnosed by a physician or if asthma medication were used Airpollution We used two ways to assess airpollution ... function (FEV1/FVC
... Indoor AirPollutionand Health in India, developed and managed by the South Asia Environment and Social Development Unit of the World Bank Financial assistance from the Government of the Netherlands ... (including low birth weight and stillbirth) and ischemic heart disease are biologically plausible, as they have been associated with outdoor airpollutionand smoking (passive and active), but have ... through questionnaires, to determine how well such survey information could be used to estimate indoor airpollution levels without monitoring; and ■ To record time/activity and other information...
... examine airpollution effects in this population of mothers and children Airpollution exposure In our airpollution exposure assessment procedure, we were able to consider fine spatial and temporal ... traffic-related airpollution exposure and health [10-13] Thus far, few studies have included both airpollutionand noise when investigating health outcomes [10,38-40] In our previous studies on airpollution ... Associations between airpollution exposure and health may be subject to confounding, if sociodemographic and lifestyle-related factors are associated both with airpollution exposure and with health...
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... measurements and other air quality information Documenting ecological effects of airpollution Because most air quality standards are based on ambient air concentrations, lichen monitoring data ... as biological indicators of airpollution in Switzerland: passive biomonitoring as part of an integrated measuring system for monitoringairpollution In: Lieth, H., and B Markert, eds Element ... concentrations and impacts of air pollutants These are briefly summarized below in Table Table Lichen monitoring advantages and limitations Topic Assessing spatial and temporal status and trends in air...