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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"particulate concentrations"”.
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Environmental justice education and atmospheric particulate analysis in urban environmental health policy development : indoor airborne particulate concentrations in preschools of asthmatic children in Newark
… with respect to the adverse health effects of particulate air pollution. This study analyzes the community locations and evaluates literature and other available air pollution data for the target communities in the city of Newark. The study focuses on asthma or reactive airway diseases as a …
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Analysis of a Particulate Count Loading in a Water-Damaged Hospital
Hill, Elizabeth G., Analysis of a particulate count loading in a water-damaged hospital. Master of Public Health (Environmental Health), December 2007, 44 pp., 8 tables, 12 figures, bibliography, 38 titles. The purpose of this study was to determine whether data from particle counters placed on the …
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Air quality at an electric-arc steel manufacturing plant
… HI-VOLUME Sampler reference method for suspended particulates. A wind recording device was installed at the facility to provide a continuous record of wind data for correlation with the particulate concentrations collected. Weather data obtained from the National Weather Service were also used. A …
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The significance of indoor:outdoor relationships, and physical and chemical composition in personal exposure to urban particulate matter
… been mounting evidence suggesting that airborne particulate matter may be responsible for the aggravation of a number of respiratory illnesses. Because of these health implications it is considered important to understand the sources of airborne particles, the pathways leading to human exposure …
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Optical Water Quality and Human Perceptions of Rivers
… human perceptions. Relationships among particulate concentrations as a function of the hydrograph during receding flow in five popular recreational rivers of the southwestern Ozarks of Arkansas, USA were dependent upon catchment characteristics, and optical water quality measures may be …
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Trace Metal Biogeochemistry in the Western North Pacific
<p>Dissolved and suspended particulate samples collected during the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission 2002 Contaminant Baseline Survey were analyzed to determine the surface and vertical distributions of Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni Zn and Pb across the western and central North Pacific.</p> …
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Measurement, Characterization, and Source Apportionment of the Major Chemical Components of Fine Particulate Material, Including Semi-Volatile Species
… measure and characterize suspended atmospheric particulate matter. Semi-volatile material (SVM), consisting of ammonium nitrate and semi-volatile organic material (SVOM), is not accurately measured by EPA accepted methods such as the Federal reference method (FRM) or Tapered Element Oscillating …
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Evaluating Columbus, Georgia, Tree Canopy Interactions with Air Pollutants Using High Spectral Imagery and Portable PM Sensors
… valuations.</p> <p>Since trees influence fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and the health impacts of PM2.5 are great, a second study was conducted to better understand how tree stand formation controls PM2.5. Three portable, fine PM sensors (AirBeams) were used among three tree canopy …