Respiratory health, effects of ambient air pollution and its modification by air humidity in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania

Leitte, Arne Marian; Petrescu, Cristina; Franck, Ulrich; Richter, Matthias; Suciu, Oana; Ionovici, Romanita; Herbarth, Olf; Schlink, Uwe

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.042

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“…Low absolute humidity may increase the effect of total suspended particles on hospitalisations for COPD [80]. However, it should be noted that absolute humidity is very strongly correlated with temperature, so in essence this finding may be reflecting temperature effects.…”

Section: Synergy (Effect Modification) Of Air Pollution and Temperatumentioning

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Climate change, extreme weather events, air pollution and respiratory health in Europe

Sario¹,

Katsouyanni²,

Michelozzi³

2013

Eur Respir J

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Due to climate change and other factors, air pollution patterns are changing in several urbanised areas of the world, with a significant effect on respiratory health both independently and synergistically with weather conditions; climate scenarios show Europe as one of the most vulnerable regions. European studies on heatwave episodes have consistently shown a synergistic effect of air pollution and high temperatures, while the potential weather-air pollution interaction during wildfires and dust storms is unknown. Allergen patterns are also changing in response to climate change, and air pollution can modify the allergenic potential of pollens, especially in the presence of specific weather conditions. The underlying mechanisms of all these interactions are not well known; the health consequences vary from decreases in lung function to allergic diseases, new onset of diseases, exacerbation of chronic respiratory diseases, and premature death. These multidimensional climate-pollution-allergen effects need to be taken into account in estimating both climate and air pollution-related respiratory effects, in order to set up adequate policy and public health actions to face both the current and future climate and pollution challenges. @ERSpublications Climate change, extreme weather events and air pollution affect respiratory health: the evidence reviewed

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“…Also humidity may modify air pollution effects on respiratory health. Airways of individuals suffering from respiratory diseases seem to be protected against the effect of particles by high humidity, probably due to the reduced number of particles [80].…”

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Climate change, extreme weather events, air pollution and respiratory health in Europe

Sario¹,

Katsouyanni²,

Michelozzi³

2013

Eur Respir J

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“…Within the context of air quality monitoring in Europe, reports of the National Environmental Protection Agency (owner of the National Air Quality automatic Monitoring Network) are focused only on compliances with the European Union regulations counting exceedances of the limit values. The very few addressed topics regarding air pollution using some monitoring data in few cities are presented in references [30][31][32][33][34][35]. Most extensive review image of the air pollution problem in Bucharest metropolitan area was published in 2015 by Iorga et al [16,36].…”

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Air Pollution Monitoring: A Case Study from Romania

Iorga¹

2016

Air Quality - Measurement and Modeling

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The first section of this chapter provides an up-to-date general view of air pollution/air quality topic. It indicates main pollutants and their sources and impacts and presents and discusses current air quality standards and air quality indexes worldwide; how datasets are acquired, gathered and analyzed and how the measurements are then interpreted are also presented. Recent works containing updated and detailed technical discussions for each issue addressed and additional web resources are mentioned. The great importance of air pollution monitoring is emphasized. Second, in the international context of incomplete information on air pollution in East Europe, the chapter includes a section presenting an assessment of air pollution at some sites in Romania together with its evolution from the beginning of the monitoring up to present. Availability of PM 10 , PM 2.5, NO x , SO 2 and CO concentrations is site and pollutant dependent and varies from 3 to 9 years. Investigation of temporal and spatial variation of pollutant levels, as well as of PM 10 and PM 2.5 relationships with the measured gaseous air pollutants and with meteorological variables, includes correlation and linear regression analysis and temporal-trend analysis; coefficient of divergence was calculated to check up on the air pollution inter-sites' differences and pollutant seasonal variation intra-site.Keywords: air pollution, air quality standards, air quality index, particulate matter, gaseous pollutants, temporal trends, East Europe An introduction to air pollution monitoringThe challenge of modern society to take air pollution abatement measures based on scientific knowledge has encouraged the scientists to study the atmospheric composition changes, the short-and long-term pollutant effects and impacts and to simulate air pollution scenarios all over the world. The advances achieved in the field of air pollution during the past decades are © 2016 The Author(s). Licensee InTech. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.due to numerous detailed investigations, the application of a large number of techniques and the acquisition of abundant monitoring data.First, the aim of this chapter is to provide an up-to-date general view of air pollution/air quality topic. Second, in the international context of incomplete information on air pollution in East Europe, the chapter includes a section presenting an updated image of air pollution at some sites in Romania together with its evolution from the beginning of the monitoring up to present.The substances that accumulate in atmosphere in such a concentration and for enough long time that they may harm the living organisms or produce damage to building materials are called pollutants. World Health Organization gives us the following definition of air pollution: "Air pollution is contamina...

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“…PM pollution has been linked to adverse health outcomes, particularly respiratory and cardiovascular diseases (Schulz et al, 2005;Leitte et al, 2009;Brook et al, 2010). These diseases are prevalent in China, where air pollution levels are often orders of magnitude higher than those in developed countries (Zhang et al, 2011).…”

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Characterization of Ultrafine Particles and Other Traffic Related Pollutants near Roadways in Beijing

Xie

2015

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Developing countries, such as China, are facing serious air pollution issues due to fast economic development. In this study, traffic related air pollutants, including number concentration of ultrafine particles (UFPs, diameter < 100 nm), mass concentrations of PM 2.5 and black carbon (BC) were measured near the Peking University (PKU) campus in Beijing in December 2011. Data were collected concurrently at a roadway site and on PKU campus. Meteorological data were collected at approximately 40 meters northeast from the roadway sampling site. The traffic density was determined from recorded video footage. Roadside UFP and PM 2.5 concentrations were not significantly higher than on campus. A statistically significant Pearson's correlation of 0.75 was found between BC and PM 2.5 mass concentrations. No apparent correlation was found between wind speed and UFP number concentrations, but strong log-decay correlations were found between wind speed and PM 2.5 (R 2 = 0.80). There were three days during the measurements when both PM 2.5 mass concentrations and UFP number concentrations were higher at the campus site than at the roadway site. This suggests there were potential local emission sources on campus. Temporal profile of UFPs at the campus site peaked around lunch and dinner time, suggesting emissions from the surrounding restaurants and cafeteria that used Chinese-style cooking might have contributed to the observed PM 2.5 and UFP levels on campus.

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Respiratory health, effects of ambient air pollution and its modification by air humidity in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania

Cited by 74 publications

References 24 publications

Climate change, extreme weather events, air pollution and respiratory health in Europe

Climate change, extreme weather events, air pollution and respiratory health in Europe

Air Pollution Monitoring: A Case Study from Romania

Characterization of Ultrafine Particles and Other Traffic Related Pollutants near Roadways in Beijing

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