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Short-term effects of air quality and thermal stress on non-accidental morbidity—a multivariate meta-analysis comparing indices to single measures
Air quality and thermal stress lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Studies on morbidity and the combined impact of air pollution and thermal stress are still rare. To analyse the correlations between ai...
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Open AccessEndothelial responses of the alveolar barrier in vitro in a dose-controlled exposure to diesel exhaust particulate matter
During the last 250 years, the level of exposure to combustion-derived particles raised dramatically in western countries, leading to increased particle loads in the ambient air. Among the environmental partic...
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Facing Hazardous Matter in Atmospheric Particles with NanoSIMS (2 pp)
Current scientific studies and evaluations clearly show that an increase of urban dust loads, alone or combined with other pollutants und certain meteorological conditions lead to different significant healt...
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Screening and Scenarios of Traffic Emissions at Trier, Germany
In the course of the European Council Directive on permissible air pollutant limit values, valid starting from 2005 there is an urgent call for action, particularly for fine dust (PM10). Current investigations (J...