Chimney stoves modestly improved indoor air quality measurements compared with traditional open fire stoves: resulty from a small-scale intervention... (Publications)
e revealed mean PM(2.5) and CO levels of fully functional OPTIMA-improved stoves were 28% lower (n=20, PM(2.5,) 136?g/m(3) 95%CI 54-217) and 45% lower (n=25, CO, 3.2ppm, 95%CI 1.5-4.9) in the kitchen [...] concentration levels of CO and PM(2.5) in 93 kitchen environments and personal exposure, after OPTIMA-improved stoves had been installed for an average of seven months. PM(2.5) and CO measurements did not differ [...] environment compared to the control stoves (n=34, PM(2.5) , 189?g/m(3) ,...
Chimney stoves modestly improved indoor air quality measurements compared with traditional open fire stoves: resulty from a small-scale intervention... (Publications)
e revealed mean PM(2.5) and CO levels of fully functional OPTIMA-improved stoves were 28% lower (n=20, PM(2.5,) 136?g/m(3) 95%CI 54-217) and 45% lower (n=25, CO, 3.2ppm, 95%CI 1.5-4.9) in the kitchen [...] concentration levels of CO and PM(2.5) in 93 kitchen environments and personal exposure, after OPTIMA-improved stoves had been installed for an average of seven months. PM(2.5) and CO measurements did not differ [...] environment compared to the control stoves (n=34, PM(2.5) , 189?g/m(3) ,...
Long-term air pollution exposure and malignant intracranial tumours of the central nervous system: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts (Publications)
41) per 5 μg/m³ PM(2.5), 1.10 (0.97, 1.25) per 0.5 10(-5)m(-1) BC, and 0.99 (0.84, 1.17) per 10 μg/m³ O(3). CONCLUSIONS: We observed indications of an association between exposure to NO(2), PM(2.5), and [...] l exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)), fine particles (PM(2.5)), black carbon (BC), ozone (O(3)) and eight elemental components of PM(2.5) (copper, iron, potassium, nickel, sulfur, silicon, vanadium, [...] 0-191.9/C71.0-C71.9, 192.0/C72.2-C72.5. We applied Cox proportional hazards models...
Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project (Publications)
interval) were 1.15 (95% CI: 1.00-1.33) per 5 μg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) , 1.19 (1.08-1.30) per 10 μg/m(3) increase in NO(2) , 1.14 (1.04-1.26) per 0.5 × 10(-5) m(-1) increase in BC and 0.81 (0.72-0.92) [...] area-level. During 5,305,133 and 5,434,843 person-years, 872 gastric and 1139 UADT incident cancer cases were observed, respectively. For gastric cancer, we found no association with PM(2.5) , NO(2) and BC [...] UADT analyses) and investigated the association between residential exposure...
Long-term exposure to air pollution and liver cancer incidence in six European cohorts (Publications)
mug/m(3) ), PM2.5 (1.12, 0.92-1.36 per 5 mug/m(3) ), and BC (1.15, 1.00-1.33 per 0.5 10(-5) /m) and liver cancer incidence. Associations with NO2 and BC persisted in two-pollutant models with PM2.5 . Most components [...] dioxide (NO2 ), particulate matter with diameter < 2.5 mum (PM2.5 ), black carbon (BC), warm-season ozone (O3 ), and eight elemental components of PM2.5 (copper, iron, zinc, sulfur, nickel, vanadium, silicon [...] components of PM2.5 were associated with the risk of liver...
Measurement of offline exhaled nitric oxide in a study of community exposure to air pollution (Publications)
sessions and 12.5 +/- 6.6 ppb in spring sessions. Fixed-site PM(2.5) mean concentrations were 10.1 +/- 5.7 microg/m(3) outside homes and 13.3 +/- 1.4 inside homes; the personal PM(2.5) mean was 13.4 +/- [...] fixed-site particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters of 2.5 micro m or less (PM(2.5)) outside and inside the homes as well as personal PM(2.5) during winter and spring sessions of 2000-2001. Nineteen subjects [...] within-subject-within-session associations between eNO and various PM(2....
Measurement of offline exhaled nitric oxide in a study of community exposure to air pollution (Publications)
sessions and 12.5 +/- 6.6 ppb in spring sessions. Fixed-site PM(2.5) mean concentrations were 10.1 +/- 5.7 microg/m(3) outside homes and 13.3 +/- 1.4 inside homes; the personal PM(2.5) mean was 13.4 +/- [...] fixed-site particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters of 2.5 micro m or less (PM(2.5)) outside and inside the homes as well as personal PM(2.5) during winter and spring sessions of 2000-2001. Nineteen subjects [...] within-subject-within-session associations between eNO and various PM(2....
Long-term exposure to air pollution and liver cancer incidence in six European cohorts (Publications)
mug/m(3) ), PM2.5 (1.12, 0.92-1.36 per 5 mug/m(3) ), and BC (1.15, 1.00-1.33 per 0.5 10(-5) /m) and liver cancer incidence. Associations with NO2 and BC persisted in two-pollutant models with PM2.5 . Most components [...] dioxide (NO2 ), particulate matter with diameter < 2.5 mum (PM2.5 ), black carbon (BC), warm-season ozone (O3 ), and eight elemental components of PM2.5 (copper, iron, zinc, sulfur, nickel, vanadium, silicon [...] components of PM2.5 were associated with the risk of liver...
Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern... (Publications)
NO2, and 31.5 for AQI). In multi-pollutant models, the PM2.5 associations were almost independent from NO2. However, the RRs for NO2 were slightly attenuated after adjustment for PM2.5 but they were still [...] at lag 0 for PM2.5, NO2, and AQI were 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), 1.003 (0.999, 1.007), and 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), respectively, per inter-quartile range (IQR) increment (18.8 μg/m3 for PM2.5, 12.6 ppb for NO2 [...] still largely independent from PM2.5. The cumulative relative risks (95% CI) per...
Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern... (Publications)
NO2, and 31.5 for AQI). In multi-pollutant models, the PM2.5 associations were almost independent from NO2. However, the RRs for NO2 were slightly attenuated after adjustment for PM2.5 but they were still [...] at lag 0 for PM2.5, NO2, and AQI were 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), 1.003 (0.999, 1.007), and 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), respectively, per inter-quartile range (IQR) increment (18.8 μg/m3 for PM2.5, 12.6 ppb for NO2 [...] still largely independent from PM2.5. The cumulative relative risks (95% CI) per...