... ofthe nitrogen critical load
provides an indication ofthe level of risk of adverse
effects of nitrogen on ecosystems
Air pollution will remain a problem
in the future
ã Airpollution continues ... an indication ofthe level of risk of adverse
effects of nitrogen on ecosystems
Air pollution will remain a problem
in the future
ã Airpollution continues to cause cardiovascular and
respiratory ... Acidification, Eutrophication and
Ground-level Ozone. This Protocol is one ofthe eight multilateral environmental agreements
under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary AirPollution (LRTAP). Since...
... permission.
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Indoor AirPollution
Indoor AirPollution
THE LIFE CYCLE OFTHE EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON
THE LIFE CYCLE OFTHE EFFECTS OF SMOKING ON
HEALTH
HEALTH
SIDs
SIDs
RSV/Bronchiolitis
RSV/Bronchiolitis
Meningitis
Meningitis
Infancy
Infancy
Low ... patients
because ofthe lack of recognition ofthe relationship between the often complex symptoms andthe
indoor environment.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
LEARNING ... source of indoor air pollution. The materials used in the
construction of a house or a school may release toxicants into the air. Indoor air pollutants
may have an effect onthe health and performance...
... Act 1991 consider environmentand
pollution. The indoor air quality andthe health and
comfort in the workplace environment depends upon a
number of factors in the life cycle ofthe building. ...
Construction
airtightness and energy conservation
vs. ventilation for occupants and fabric"
Services and
controls
thermal comfort, lighting, air conditioning,
and control of indoor ... reflects onthe
health, comfort and productivity of individuals in
buildings. The main reason for the lack of awareness of
the problems is due to the fact that the effects of indoor
air pollution...
... draw some conclusions about the currently
available evidence onairpollutionand pregnancy outcomes.
AIR POLLUTIONAND CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
The possible impactofairpollutionon children’s ... PREMATURITY AND INFANT MORTALITY
36 EFFECTS OFAIRPOLLUTIONON CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT A REVIEW OFTHE EVIDENCE
for the health consequences of ambient air pollution. The ability of DEPs ... research onthe effect of
environmental pollutants onthe fetus. Environmental Health Perspectives,
1999, 107:451–460.
3. Šrám RJ. Impactofairpollutionon reproductive health (Editorial).
Environmental...
... tap. The chapter
describes the structure ofthe works, the distribution of contaminated water, the nature of the
contamination ofthe water supply, water quality data onthe concentrations ofthe ... overview ofthe Lowermoor water pollution incident, describes the distribution of
contaminated water and summarises the monitoring data collected by the water supplier on the
concentrations of contaminants ... ofthe Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products andthe Environment
(COT) considers thehuman health effects ofthe chemical exposure resulting from the water pollution
incident...
... exposure and mortality or morbidity.
The majority ofairpollutionand health studies fix the effects ofairpollution to
be constant over time, and model long-term trends and temporal correlation in the
health ... against airpollution levels and a vector of covariates, the
latter of which model long-term trends, seasonal variation and temporal correlation
commonly present in the daily mortality series. The ... (PM
10
and the basis functions for the natural cubic splines of calendar time
and temperature) are standardised to have a mean of zero and a standard deviation
of one before inclusion in the model...
... and indoor air pollution
among non-smoking office employees. Environ Res 2007, 103:331-337.
20. Chua ng KJ, Chang CC, Su TC, Lee CT, Tang CS: The effect of urban air
pollution o n inflammation, ... type of GC and the
non-null of GSTM1.
Conclusions: Polymorphisms of oxidative stress-related genes modified effects of OC and/ or sulfate on 8-OHdG,
suggesting that effects of OC or sulfate on 8-OHdG ... USA.
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Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program,
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health,
Boston, MA, USA.
Authors’ contributions
CR was responsible...
... forming the links between
emissions onthe one hand and exposure and effects onthe other hand.
The EUROAIRNET information system is developed and maintained by the European Topic Centre
on Air ... calculating the external monetary costs ofairpollution or the
benefits of preventive actions. The output ofthe HIA process will be the number of events attributable to
air pollution in the target ... summertime haze air
pollution in Toronto, Ontario: consideration ofthe role of acid aerosols. Environ Res. 1994; 65(2): 271-90.
22.
SCHWARTZ J. Airpollutionand hospital admissions for the elderly...
... may always contain some amount ofair
pollution.
Which Air Pollutants Have the Greatest Impactonthe Health of
Children and Adults?
Ozone
Ozone is one ofthe most important air pollutants ... periods
when airpollution is at its highest.
The Health Effects ofAirPollutionon Children Fall 2000
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severe pollution episodes in Donora, Penn., London, and New York in the 1940s, ... The Health Effects ofAirPollutionon Children Fall 2000
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Introduction
Air pollution has many effects onthe health of both adults and children. The purpose of
this article...
... affect population health.
In this paper, we present one ofthe first investigations oftheimpactof small and moderate
disasters on childhood morbidity, physical growth, and immunizations by combining ... immunization regimen by
four months of age, only children up to 15 months of age at the time of survey would have been
“at risk” of not receiving the vaccination during the prior 11 months. For ... immunization
coverage by nearly 18%.
However, we find important differences in the impacts of natural disasters by gender and age
of the child, mother’s education, and between Northern and Southern...
... analysis ofthe impacts ofthe
technology on milk production and income, mainly
at the household level, but also presenting estimates
of impact at nationally and regionally. Section 6
focuses on ... Introduction
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The impactof fodder trees on milk production and income among
smallholder dairy farmers in East Africa andthe role of research.
Palmer B, Schlink A. 1992. The effect of drying onthe ...
permission ofthe source.
6
The impactof fodder trees on milk production and income among
smallholder dairy farmers in East Africa andthe role of research.
adopters were randomly picked by the...
...
Barness and Johnson [77], decision-making depends onthe pre-existing views ofthe information recipient, their desires and
wishes, the way the information is presented, the framing ofthe data, the ... focusing onthe
psychological implications oftheimpactof gynecological cancer on reproduction are scarce. As such, psychological
intervention on reproduction in the context of cancer constitutes ... orientation requires the consideration of possible positive and negative outcomes of
the transitional process to motherhood andthe development of action plans to manage those situations.
Work...