Source apportionment of population representative samples of PM2.5 in three European cities using structural equation modelling (Publications)
and efficient reduction of the substantial public health risks associated with fine particles (PM(2.5)). Traffic is an important source combustion particles, but also a significant source of resuspended [...] such studies are therefore poorly representative of the actual exposures. The current study uses PM(2.5) data observed at population based random sampled residential locations in Athens, Basle and Helsinki [...] variability of elemental (R(2)> 0.6 except for Ca in Basle 0.38) and chemical...
Comparison of black smoke and PM2.5 levels in indoor and outdoor environments of four European cities (Publications)
particle-size fractions highlight the health significance of particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microm (PM2.5), but gravimetric methods do not identify specific particle sources. Diesel exhaust particles [...] 0.57-0.86) than for PM2.5 (0.05-0.69). In a BS linear regression model (all data), outdoor levels explained clearly more of indoor variation (86%) than in the corresponding PM2.5 model (59%). In conclusion [...] estimating EC concentrations, which may serve as a proxy for diesel exhaust...
Anaerobic performance in 5- to 7-yr-old children of low birthweight (Publications)
PURPOSE: This study was intended to determine whether anaerobic muscle performance is deficient in 5- to 7-yr-old children of extremely low birthweight (ELBW, 500-999 g) and very low birthweight (VLBW
Antiplasmodial activity of a series of 1,3,5-triazine-substituted polyamines (Publications)
pathway might also represent a target in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. A series of 1,3,5-triazine-substituted polyamine analogues were tested for activity against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro
Comparison of oxidative properties, light absorbance, total and elemental mass concentration of ambient PM2.5 collected at 20 European sites (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: It has been proposed that the redox activity of particles may represent a major determinant of their toxicity. We measured the in vitro ability of ambient fine particles [particulate matter
Source apportionment of indoor, outdoor, and personal PM2.5 in Seattle, Washington, using positive matrix factorization (Publications)
As part of a large exposure assessment and health-effects panel study, 33 trace elements and light-absorbing carbon were measured on 24-hr fixed-site filter samples for particulate matter with an aero