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199,420 | Impact of air pollution on genetic material of shallot (Allium cepa L. var. ascalonicum) exposed at differently polluted sites in Slovenia | Glasencnik, E; Ribaric-Lasnik, C; Savinek, K; Zalubersek, M; Mueller, M; Batic, F | 2,004 | Test shallot plants Allium cepa L. var. ascalonicum were exposed to field conditions at six research plots in the most polluted areas in Slovenia in the vegetation seasons in 1999 and 2000. The intention of this research was to evaluate the influence of air pollution on mitotic activity and frequency of chromosomal abe... | 0 |
79,162 | Summary health statistics for US adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2002 | Lethbridge-Cejku, M; Schiller, JS; Bernadel, L | 2,004 | null | 0 |
55,615 | Letter to the editor [regarding "Luttinger; Wilson (2003) A study of air pollutants and acute asthma exacerbations in urban areas: status report Environ Pollut 123: 399-402"] | Panella, M; Aina, R; Renna, M; Santagostino, A; Palin, L | 2,004 | null | 0 |
651,841 | Characterization of the ultraviolet B and X-ray response of primary cultured epidermal cells from patients with disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis | D'Errico, M; Teson, M; Calcagnile, A; Corona, R; Didona, B; Meschini, R; Zambruno, G; Dogliotti, E | 2,004 | Background Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP) is the most common porokeratosis and is characterized by multiple keratotic lesions which tend to occur at sun-exposed sites. A mild hypersensitivity to X-rays has been reported for DSAP-derived fibroblasts and frequent over-expression of p53 has been fou... | 0 |
132,145 | Diurnal change of direct-acting mutagenicity of soluble organic fraction of airborne particles collected at Southern Osaka: Correlation between the mutagenicity, particles-associated nitroarenes, and gaseous emission | Kameda, T; Inazu, K; Bandow, H; Sanukida, S; Maeda, Y | 2,004 | The direct-acting mutagenicity of soluble organic fraction (SOF) of airborne particles, and the concentration of five gaseous air pollutants and two nitroarenes, 1-nitropyrene (1-NP) and 2-nitrofluoranthene (2-NF) were determined to clarify their diurnal variation pattern by collecting airborne particles every 3 or 4 h... | 0 |
195,243 | Dyes on archaeological textiles: Analyzing alizarin and its degradation products | Ahn, C; Obendorf, SK | 2,004 | This research investigates the degradation products and pathway of alizarin in selected conditions of accelerated aerobic degradation. The degradation study is a step toward dye identification on badly faded textiles of archaeological origin. The four major degradation products identified through GC-MC analysis are ben... | 0 |
2,251,968 | Simulation of thermal/dissolved oxygen habitat for fishes in lakes under different climate scenarios - Part 1. Cool-water fish in the contiguous US | Fang, X; Stefan, HG; Eaton, JG; McCormick, JH; Alam, SR | 2,004 | Fish habitat is strongly constrained by water temperature and available dissolved oxygen (DO). Thermal/DO habitat for cool-waterfish in small lakes was therefore determined from simulated daily water temperature and DO profiles. Twenty-seven types of lakes were simulated with past (1961-1979) climate conditions observe... | 0 |
88,629 | Effects of ambient air pollutants on asthma medication use and wheezing among fourth-grade school children from 12 Southern California communities enrolled in The Children's Health Study | Millstein, J; Gilliland, F; Berhane, K; Gauderman, WJ; Mcconnell, R; Avol, E; Rappaport, EB; Peters, JM | 2,004 | #To investigate the effects of 12 monthly average air pollution levels on monthly prevalence of respiratory morbidity, the authors examined retrospective questionnaire data on 2034 4th-grade children from 12 Southern California communities that were enrolled in The Children's Health Study. Wheezing during the spring an... | 0 |
57,488 | Cancer statistics, 2004 | Jemal, A; Tiwari, RC; Murray, T; Ghafoor, A; Samuels, A; Ward, E; Feuer, EJ; Thun, MJ | 2,004 | Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the number of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute and mortality data from the Nationa... | 0 |
195,250 | Application of Box-Wilson experimental design method for the photodegradation of textile dyestuff with UV/H2O2 process | Bali, U | 2,004 | Photodegradation of textile dyestuffs Chrysophenine Yellow (DY12), Congo Red (DR28) and Remazol Black B (RB5) by the UV/H2O2 process was investigated in a laboratory scale photoreactor equipped with a 16-W low-pressure mercury vapour lamp. The Box-Wilson experimental design was employed to evaluate the effects of major... | 0 |
57,208 | Variation of the enhanced biologically damaging solar UV due to clouds | Parisi, AV; Down, N | 2,004 | The variation of the biologically damaging solar UV (UVBE) enhanced by clouds above that of clear sky UVBE has been investigated. This was undertaken for summer through to winter for SZA of 5 to 60? employing an integrated automatic cloud and spectral UV measurement system that recorded the solar UV spectra and the sky... | 0 |
76,705 | On the sources of bias in aerosol optical depth retrieval in the UV range | Arola, A; Koskela, T | 2,004 | In this paper we discuss and evaluate the systematic sources of bias in aerosol optical depth (AOD) values in the UV range due to (1) the entrance of diffuse light into the finite field of view, (2) diurnal atmospheric changes of ozone under urban conditions, (3) the influence of omitting the effect of NO2 absorption, ... | 0 |
625,766 | Mutual antagonism of ethylene and jasmonic acid regulates ozone-induced spreading cell death in Arabidopsis | Tuominen, H; Overmyer, K; Keinanen, M; Kollist, H; Kangasjarvi, J | 2,004 | Ethylene (ET) and jasmonic acid (JA) have opposite effects on ozone (O(3))-induced spreading cell death; ET stimulates, and is required for the spreading cell death, whereas JA protects tissues. We studied the underlying molecular mechanisms with the O(3)-sensitive, JA-insensitive jasmonate resistant 1 (jar1), and the ... | 0 |
109,810 | Measurement of actinic flux and the calculation of photolysis rate parameters for the Central California Ozone Study | Stockwell, WR; Goliff, WS | 2,004 | The field measurement program of the Central California Ozone Study (CCOS) was conducted during the summer of 2000 with an overall goal of improving the understanding of ozone formation over central and northern California. Measurements of actinic flux were made as part of the study using spectroradiometers located at ... | 0 |
57,747 | UV radiation-induced immunosuppression and skin cancer | Granstein, RD; Matsui, MS | 2,004 | UV radiation (UVR)-induced skin cancers in mice are highly antigenic and rejected by the host immune system when transplanted to syngeneic recipients. Exposure to UVB radiation causes immunologic changes that inhibit the host immune system from recognizing the tumor and leads to immunologic tolerance. This tolerance in... | 0 |
56,613 | Stomatal ozone fluxes over a barley field in Italy "Effective exposure" as a possible link between exposure- and flux-based approaches | Gerosa, G; Marzuoli, S; Cieslik, S; Ballarin-Denti, A | 2,004 | Fluxes of ozone as well as of sensible and latent heat were measured over a barley field in Northern Italy from April to June 2002 with the eddy-correlation technique in order to determine the dose of ozone taken up by plants during the whole grain filling and maturation period. Stomatal ozone fluxes were then calculat... | 0 |
157,029 | A method for on-line measurement of water-soluble organic carbon in ambient aerosol particles: Results from an urban site | Sullivan, AP; Weber, RJ; Clements, AL; Turner, JR; Bae, MS; Schauer, JJ | 2,004 | An instrument for on-line continuous measurement of the water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) component of aerosol particles is described and results from an urban site in St. Louis are presented. A Particle-into-Liquid Sampler impacts ambient particles, grown to large water droplets, onto a plate and then washes them in... | 0 |
684,054 | Final rule to implement the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard-phase 1 | null | 2,004 | In this document, EPA is taking final action on key elements of the program to implement the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS or standard). This final rule addresses the following topics: classifications for the 8-hour NAAQS; revocation of the 1-hour NAAQS (i.e., when the 1-hour NAAQS will no l... | 0 |
86,247 | Associations between short-term changes in nitrogen dioxide and mortality in Canadian cities | Burnett, RT; Stieb, D; Brook, JR; Cakmak, S; Dales, R; Raizenne, M; Vincent, R; Dann, T | 2,004 | The association between daily variations in ambient concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and mortality was examined in 12 of Canada's largest cities, using a 19-yr time-series analysis (from 1981-1999). The authors employed parametric statistical methods that are not subject to the recently discovered convergence a... | 0 |
88,442 | Toxicokinetics of ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE) and methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in men and women (Final performance report) | Pierce, C | 2,004 | Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and ETBE are used as gasoline components to reduce tailpipe emissions in 39 areas of the USA which exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for carbon monoxide and in the 9 metropolitan regions with the most elevated summertime ozone levels. MTBE and ETBE exposures occur duri... | 0 |
57,206 | The time course of photoadaptation and pigmentation studied using a novel method to distinguish pigmentation from erythema | Oh, C; Hennessy, A; Ha, T; Bisset, Y; Diffey, B; Rees, JL | 2,004 | The dynamics of human pigmentation in response to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) remain poorly characterized. In part, this is attributable to methodological issues relating to the overlap in spectra of hemoglobin and melanin. We describe a new method, based on the recording of reflectance properties following iontophores... | 0 |
694,744 | Population exposure to atmospheric ozone in the European capital cities of Athens, Paris, Rome and their surroundings | Kalabokas, PD; Kotzias, D | 2,004 | In this work an estimation of the population's ozone exposure is performed in the European capital cities of Athens, Paris and Rome, based on the recordings of 3-4 air pollution monitoring stations in each city with comparable location characteristics (urban kerb-site, urban background, urban peripheral and rural sites... | 0 |
655,515 | Genomic scale analysis of in vivo UVB-irradiated human epidermis | Hochberg, M; Jacob, J; Gal, H; Amariglio, N; Rechavi, G; Givol, D; Enk, CD | 2,004 | Several recent studies have employed genomic scale analysis to study UVB regulated gene expression in human skin. These studies are mostly based on UV irradiated, cultured cells that differ substantially from the intact tissues they are supposed to imitate. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the differenti... | 0 |
186,957 | Pollen Viability for Air Pollution Bio-Monitoring | Gottardini, E; Cristofolini, F; Paoletti, E; Lazzeri, P; Pepponi, G | 2,004 | Biological characterization of Corylus avellana L. and Pinus nigra L. pollen samples was carried out to determine the actual value of pollen as a bio-indicator of the effects of atmospheric pollution, using samples from plants naturally developed in sites controlled for air pollution. In Trentino (North Italy), we sele... | 0 |
91,892 | Response of soil microbial biomass and community composition to chronic nitrogen additions at Harvard forest | Compton, JE; Watrud, LS; Porteous, A; Degrood, S | 2,004 | Soil microbial communities may respond to anthropogenic increases in ecosystem nitrogen (N) availability, and the microbial response may ultimately feed back on ecosystem carbon and N dynamics. We examined the long-term effects of chronic N additions on soil microbes by measuring soil microbial biomass, composition and... | 0 |
57,772 | IMPACT, the LLNL 3-D global atmospheric chemical transport model for the combined troposphere and stratosphere: model description and analysis of ozone and other trace gases | Rotman, DA; Atherton, CS; Bergmann, DJ; Cameron-Smith, PJ; Chuang, CC; Connell, PS; Dignon, JE; Franz, A; Grant, KE; Kinnison, DE; Molenkamp, CR; Proctor, DD; Tannahill, JR | 2,004 | We present a global chemical transport model called the Integrated Massively Parallel Atmospheric Chemical Transport (IMPACT) model. This model treats chemical and physical processes in the troposphere, the stratosphere, and the climatically critical tropopause region, allowing for physically based simulations of past,... | 0 |
655,514 | Effect of ultraviolet B induced oxidative stress in conjugation with copper on human melanocytes and melanosomal properties | Gidanian, S; Meyskens, FL | 2,004 | Melanin?s most assumed function is protection against harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR). However, both exposure to high flux of energy and metal binding alter melanin properties. Herein we study the effect of ultraviolet B (UVB) on cultured human melanocytes from skin type I/II and compare its effect to me... | 0 |
625,767 | Stress hormone-independent activation and nuclear translocation of mitogen-activated protein kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana plants during ozone exposure | Ahlfors, R; Macioszek, V; Rudd, J; Brosche, M; Schlichting, R; Scheel, D; Kangasjarvi, J | 2,004 | Changing environmental conditions, atmospheric pollutants and resistance reactions to pathogens cause production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plants. ROS in turn trigger the activation of signaling cascades such as the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade and accumulation of plant hormones, jasmonic a... | 0 |
80,107 | Forecasting daily high ozone concentrations by classification trees | Bruno, F; Cocchi, D; Trivisano, C | 2,004 | null | 0 |
90,293 | Subgrid scale modeling of plumes in three-dimensional air quality models for ozone and particulate matter (plume-in-grid) | null | 2,004 | N/A. | 0 |
56,365 | Photochemistry in the arctic free troposphere: ozone budget and its dependence on nitrogen dioxides and the production rate of free radicals | Stroud, C; Madronich, S; Atlas, E; Cantrell, C; Fried, A; Wert, B; Wert, B; Ridley, B; Eisele, F; Mauldin, L; Shetter, R; Lefer BFlocke, F; Weinheimer, A; Coffey, M; Heikes, B; Talbot, R; Blake, D | 2,004 | Local ozone production and loss rates for the arctic free troposphere (58-85? N, 1-6km, February-May) during the Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox (TOPSE) campaign were calculated using a constrained photochemical box model. Estimates were made to assess the importance of local photochemical ozone ... | 0 |
78,986 | Reference values for pulmonary function in Asian Indians living in the United States | Fulambarker, A; Copur, AS; Javeri, A; Jere, S; Cohen, ME | 2,004 | OBJECTIVE: To establish reference values for pulmonary function in the Asian-Indian population living in the United States. DESIGN: Five-year cross-sectional study of pulmonary function in healthy adult Asian Indians living in the United States, using American Thoracic Society guidelines for measuring pulmonary functio... | 0 |
90,971 | Glutathione S-transferase P1 gene polymorphism and air pollution as interactive risk factors for childhood asthma | Lee, YL; Lin, YC; Lee, YC; Wang, JY; Hsiue, TR; Guo, YL | 2,004 | Background Polymorphisms at the glutathione S-transferase (GST) P1 locus were associated with asthma-related phenotypes and bronchial hyper-responsiveness.
Objective This study investigated whether GSTP1 genotypes and outdoor air pollution were interactive risk factors on childhood asthma.
Methods Four hundred and thir... | 1 |
56,902 | Ozone measurements in South Carolina using passive samplers | Franklin, AC; Salmon, LG; Wolfson, JM; Christoforou, CS | 2,004 | Passive samplers with two different collection substrates were used to obtain an average ozone concentration for 1 month during the summer of 2002 for each South Carolina county. One sampler contained a filter coated with indigo carmine, whose color fades when exposed to ozone. The fading was measured by reflectance sp... | 0 |
141,510 | Monitoring nitrogen deposition in throughfall using ion exchange resin columns: A field test in the San Bernardino Mountains | Fenn, ME; Poth, MA | 2,004 | Conventional throughfall collection methods are labor intensive and analytically expensive to implement at broad scales. This study was conducted to test an alternative approach requiring infrequent sample collection and a greatly reduced number of chemical analyses. The major objective of the study was to determine th... | 0 |
96,753 | Effects of wintertime ambient air pollutants on asthma exacerbations in urban minority children with moderate to severe disease | Rabinovitch, N; Zhang, LN; Murphy, JR; Vedal, S; Dutton, SJ; Gelfand, EW | 2,004 | Background: Urban minority children with asthma are at higher risk for severe exacerbations leading to hospitalizations and deaths. Because multiple studies have reported associations between air pollution and asthma worsening, elevated levels of air pollution are cited as a possible trigger for increased asthma morbid... | 1 |
56,571 | Air pollution and health -- good news and bad | Pope CA III | 2,004 | null | 0 |
87,913 | Health effects of air pollution | Bernstein, JA; Alexis, N; Barnes, C; Bernstein, IL; Bernstein, JA; Nel, A; Peden, D; Diaz-Sanchez, D; Tarlo, SM; Williams, PB | 2,004 | The general public, especially patients with upper or lower respiratory symptoms, is aware from media reports that adverse respiratory effects can occur from air pollution. It is important for the allergist to have a current knowledge of the potential health effects of air pollution and how they might affect their pati... | 0 |
156,565 | Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms in Children and Air Quality by Village in Rural Indonesia | Hong, CY; Chia, SE; Widjaja, D; Saw, SM; Lee, J; Munoz, C; Koh, D | 2,004 | Aim: This study compared prevalence of respiratory symptoms in three Indonesian villages and related this to air quality. Methods: We interviewed caregivers of 382 children, using the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire, and monitored air quality during the survey period. Resu... | 0 |
694,567 | Airborne environmental pollutant concentration and hospital epistaxis presentation: a 5-year review | Bray, D; Monnery, P; Toma, AG | 2,004 | To investigate the hypothesized relationship between various daily atmospheric pollutant concentrations and hospital epistaxis presentation. A retrospective analysis of all presentations of non-traumatic epistaxis to our institution was performed, and the results were cross-referenced with London air quality data suppl... | 0 |
38,205 | Ozone-induced H2O2 accumulation in field-grown aspen and birch is linked to foliar ultrastructure and peroxisomal activity | Oksanen, E; Haikio, E; Sober, J; Karnosky, DF | 2,004 | Summary
* Saplings of three aspen (Populus tremuloides) genotypes and seedlings of paper birch (Betula papyrifera) were exposed to elevated ozone (1.5 x ambient) and 560 p.p.m. CO2, singly and in combination, from 1998 at the Aspen-FACE (free-airCO2 enrichment) site (Rhinelander, USA).
* The plants were studied for H... | 0 |
195,753 | Assessing ozone-related health impacts under a changing climate | Knowlton, K; Rosenthal, JE; Hogrefe, C; Lynn, B; Gaffin, S; Goldberg, R; Rosenzweig, C; Civerolo, K; Ku, JY; Kinney, PL | 2,004 | Climate change may increase the frequency and intensity of ozone episodes in future summers in the United States. However, only recently have models become available that can assess the impact of climate change on O3 concentrations and health effects at regional and local scales that are relevant to adaptive planning. ... | 0 |
88,404 | Effects of 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, and their photochemical degradation products on human lung cells | Doyle, M; Sexton, KG; Jeffries, H; Bridge, K; Jaspers, I | 2,004 | Because of potential exposure both in the workplace and from ambient air, the known carcinogen 1,3-butadiene (BD) is considered a priority hazardous air pollutant. BD and its 2-methyl analog, isoprene (ISO), are chemically similar but have very different toxicities, with ISO showing no significant carcinogenesis. Once ... | 1 |
42,385 | Stricter ozone ambient air quality standard has beneficial effect on ponderosa pine in California | Tingey, DT; Hogsett, WE; Lee, EH; Laurence, JA | 2,004 | Ambient air quality standards and control strategies are implemented to protect humans and vegetation from adverse effects. We used a process-based tree-growth model (TREGRO) to show that over the past 37 years, changes in O3 exposure, with accompanying variation in climate, are re-flected in changes in the growth of P... | 1 |
88,443 | The LCIA midpoint-damage framework of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative | Jolliet, O; Muller-Wenk, R; Bare, J; Brent, A; Goedkoop, M; Heijungs, R; Itsubo, N; Pena, C; Pennington, D; Potting, J; Rebitzer, G; Stewart, M; Udo de Haes, H; Weidema, B | 2,004 | BACKGROUND, AIMS AND SCOPE. Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods can be grouped into two families: classical methods determining impact category indicators at an intermediate position of the impact pathways (e.g. ozone depletion potentials) and damage-oriented methods aiming at more easily interpretable results ... | 0 |
79,153 | Ascorbic acid, a familiar small molecule intertwined in the response of plants to ozone, pathogens, and the onset of senescence | Conklin, PL; Barth, C | 2,004 | null | 0 |
83,000 | Brain inflammation and Alzheimer's-like pathology in individuals exposed to severe air pollution | Calderon-Garciduenas, L; Reed, W; Maronpot, RR; Henriquez-Roldan, C; Delgado-Chavez, R; Calderon-Garciduenas, A; Dragustinovis, I; Franco-Lira, M; Aragon-Flores, M; Solt, AC; Altenburg, M; Torres-Jardon, R; Swenberg, JA | 2,004 | Air pollution is a complex mixture of gases (e.g., ozone), particulate matter, and organic compounds present in outdoor and indoor air. Dogs exposed to severe air pollution exhibit chronic inflammation and acceleration of Alzheimer's-like pathology, suggesting that the brain is adversely affected by pollutants. We inve... | 0 |
57,309 | An analysis of the association between respiratory symptoms in subjects with asthma and daily air pollution in Spokane, Washington | Mar, TF; Larson, TV; Stier, RA; Claiborn, C; Koenig, JQ | 2,004 | The association between respiratory symptoms and ambient levels of particulate matter (PM) air pollution has been the focus of several panel studies. The majority of studies focused only on PM10, were conducted for relatively short periods, reported peak flow data, and involved children with asthma. The goal of our stu... | 0 |
87,489 | Ambient pollution and blood pressure in cardiac rehabilitation patients | Zanobetti, A; Canner, MJ; Stone, PH; Schwartz, J; Sher, D; Eagan-Bengston, E; Gates, KA; Hartley, LH; Suh, H; Gold, DR | 2,004 | BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have demonstrated a consistent association between ambient particulate air pollution and increased risk of hospital admissions and deaths for cardiovascular causes. We investigated the associations between fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) and blood pressure during 631 repeated visits for ... | 1 |
88,696 | Associations and lags between air pollution and acute respiratory visits in an ambulatory care setting: 25-month results from the Aerosol Research and Inhalation Epidemiological Study | Sinclair, AH; Tolsma, D | 2,004 | Particulate matter (PM) has been associated with adverse respiratory outcomes in numerous studies that utilized data from emergency room visits, hospital admissions, and mortality records. This study is unique in its investigation of associations of air pollution measures, including components of PM, with health outcom... | 1 |
56,610 | Evaluation of the stomatal and conductance formulation in the EMEP ozone deposition model for Picea abies | Wieser, G; Emberson, L | 2,004 | #It is widely acknowledged that the possible impacts of ozone on forest trees are more closely related to ozone flux through the stomata than to external ozone exposure. However, the application of the flux approach on a European scale requires the availability of appropriate models, such as the European Monitoring and... | 0 |
673,441 | The association between asthma and allergic symptoms in children and phthalates in house dust: A nested case-control study | Bornehag, CG; Sundell, J; Weschler, CJ; Sigsgaard, T; Lundgren, B; Hasselgren, M; Hagerhed-Engman, LC | 2,004 | Global phthalate ester production has increased from very low levels at the end of World War II to approximately 3.5 million metric tons/year. The aim of the present study was to investigate potential associations between persistent allergic symptoms in children, which have increased markedly in developed countries ove... | 0 |
87,915 | Daily variation in fine and ultrafine particulate air pollution and urinary concentrations of lung Clara cell protein CC16 | Timonen, KL; Hoek, G; Heinrich, J; Bernard, A; Brunekreef, B; De Hartog, J; Hameri, K; Ibald-Mulli, A; Mirme, A; Peters, A; Tiittanen, P; Kreyling, WG; Pekkanen, J | 2,004 | Background: Daily variations in ambient particulate air pollution have been associated with respiratory mortality and morbidity.
Aims: To assess the associations between urinary concentration of lung Clara cell protein CC16, a marker for lung damage, and daily variation in fine and ultrafine particulate air pollution.... | 0 |
628,626 | Smooth muscle hypertrophy in distal airways of sensitized infant rhesus monkeys exposed to house dust mite allergen | Tran, MU; Weir, AJ; Fanucchi, MV; Rodriguez, AE; Pantle, LM; Smiley-Jewell, SM; Van Winkle, LS; Evans, MJ; Miller, LA; Schelegle, ES; Gershwin, LJ; Hyde, DM; Plopper, CG | 2,004 | Airway smooth muscle hypertrophy is closely associated with the pathophysiology of hyper-reactive airways in allergic asthma.To determine whether repeated exposure to allergens during postnatal lung development promotes remodelling of airway smooth muscle.Infant, male rhesus monkeys (30-day-old) were sensitized to hous... | 1 |
94,417 | Ozone and short-term mortality in 95 US urban communities, 1987-2000 | Bell, ML; McDermott, A; Zeger, SL; Samet, JM; Dominici, F | 2,004 | Context: Ozone has been associated with various adverse health effects, including increased rates of hospital admissions and exacerbation of respiratory illnesses. Although numerous time-series studies have estimated associations between day-to-day variation in ozone levels and mortality counts, results have been incon... | 1 |
57,242 | Physiological variation in the erythemal response to ultraviolet radiation and photoadaptation | Waterston, K; Naysmith, L; ReesJL | 2,004 | We have studied the cutaneous response to ultraviolet radiation, measured objectively as erythema in a sample of 12 body sites on 15 Northern European subjects with multiple doses of ultraviolet B (UVB). Skin pigmentation and the development of photoadaptation in response to five repeated doses of irradiation at three ... | 0 |
52,247 | On the life cycle of a stratospheric intrusion and its dispersion into polluted warm conveyor belts | Cooper, O; Forster, C; Parrish, D; Dunlea, E; Hubler, G; Fehsenfeld, F; Holloway, J; Oltmans, S; Johnson, B; Wimmers, A; Horowitz, L | 2,004 | The aircraft-based 2002 Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation experiment intercepted and chemically analyzed pollution plumes transported from Asia to the western United States. The research flight on 10-11 May 2002 detected mixing between polluted and stratospheric air at midtropospheric levels above... | 0 |
57,176 | Global perspectives of contemporary epidemiological trends of cutaneous malignant melanoma | Lens, MB; Dawes, M | 2,004 | During the past several decades, there has been a substantial increase in the incidence of cutaneous melanoma among all caucasian populations. The number of deaths due to cutaneous malignant melanoma has also increased in most fair-skinned populations throughout the world in the past few decades. Trends in melanoma inc... | 0 |
87,432 | Mortality and air pollution in metropolitan Helsinki, 1988-1996 | Penttinen, P; Tiittanen, P; Pekkanen, J | 2,004 | OBJECTIVES: The daily respiratory, cardiovascular, and total mortality of the population in the subarctic climate of the Helsinki metropolitan area was analyzed for associations with daily variations in concentrations of common ambient-air pollutants. METHODS: The associations between daily mortality and the ambient-ai... | 0 |
196,422 | Antioxidant supplementation and nasal inflammatory responses among young asthmatics exposed to high levels of ozone | Sienra-Monge, JJ; Ramirez-Aguilar, M; Moreno-Macias, H; Reyes-Ruiz, NI; Del Rio-Navarro, BE; Ruiz-Navarro, MX; Hatch, G; Crissman, K; Slade, R; Devlin, RB; Romieu, I | 2,004 | The inflammatory response to ozone in atopic asthma suggests that soluble mediators of inflammation are released in response to oxidant stress. Antioxidants may alleviate additional oxidative stress associated with photochemical oxidant pollution. This study investigates the impact of antioxidant supplementation on the... | 1 |
87,901 | Key airborne pollutants--the impact on health | Maynard, R | 2,004 | Current appreciations of the effect on health of classical air pollutants including nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, particulate matter, carbon monoxide and ozone, depend upon modern techniques of epidemiological research. These techniques, which are powerful and able to detect small effects, depend upon the power of... | 0 |
89,489 | The association of daily diabetes mortality and outdoor air pollution in Shanghai, China | Kan, H; Jia, J; Chen, B | 2,004 | The objective of the study reported here was to assess the association between air pollution and daily diabetes mortality in Shanghai. Death records were collected for all individuals who lived in the Zhabei district of Shanghai and died from diabetes from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002. The authors used a time-... | 0 |
116,397 | Weekend/weekday differences of ozone, NO sub(x), CO, VOCs, PM sub(10) and the light scatter during ozone season in southern California | Qin, Y; Tonnesen, GS; Wang, Z | 2,004 | The weekend effect on ozone, a phenomenon with high ozone concentration at weekend, was analyzed using the data measured at 7 photochemical assessment monitoring stations (PAMS), (1) volatile organic compounds (VOCs) monitoring station and (2) routine ambient air quality monitoring stations in southern California durin... | 0 |
78,998 | The effects of particulate air pollution on daily deaths: a multi-city case crossover analysis | Schwartz, J | 2,004 | BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have reported that day-to-day changes in particulate air pollution are associated with day-to-day changes in deaths. Recently, several reports have indicated that the software used to control for season and weather in some of these studies had deficiencies. AIMS: To investigate the use of t... | 0 |
57,330 | Air pollution, health, and socio-economic status: The effect of outdoor air quality on childhood asthma | Neidell, MJ | 2,004 | This paper estimates the effect of air pollution on child hospitalizations for asthma using naturally occurring seasonal variations in pollution within zip codes. Of the pollutants considered, carbon monoxide (CO) has a significant effect on asthma for children ages 1-18: if 1998 pollution levels were at their 1992 lev... | 0 |
644,188 | Respiratory and behavioral effects of ozone on a lizard and a frog | Mautz, WJ; Dohm, MR | 2,004 | Ozone at concentrations found in urban air pollution is known to have significant physiological effects on humans and other mammals. Exposure of the lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, to 0.6 ppm ozone for 4 h at 25 degrees C induced 1.6 degrees C of behavioral hypothermia immediately following exposure, but selected body... | 1 |
51,238 | Constraints on the sources of tropospheric ozone from 210Pb-7Be-O3 correlations | Liu, H; Jacob, DJ; Dibb, JE; Fiore, AM; Yantosca, RM | 2,004 | [1] The 210Pb-7Be-O3 relationships observed in three aircraft missions over the western Pacific (PEM-West A and B, TRACE-P) are simulated with a global three-dimensional chemical tracer model (GEOS-CHEM) driven by assimilated meteorological observations. Results are interpreted in terms of the constraints that they off... | 0 |
128,937 | Modelling ozone fluxes over Hungary | Lagzi, I; Meszaros, R; Horvath, L; Tomlin, A; Weidinger, T; Turanyi, T; Acs, F; Haszpra, L | 2,004 | This paper presents and utilises a coupled Eulerian
photochemical reaction-transport model and a detailed ozone dry-deposition model for the
investigation of ozone fluxes over Hungary. The reaction-diffusion-advection equations relating
to ozone formation, transport and deposition are solved on an unstructured tr... | 0 |
58,997 | Potential ecotoxicological implication of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) spills in the environment | Bonjar, GHS | 2,004 | Streptomyceticidal activity of Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) elucidated for the first time. Adverse effect of MTBE, the gasoline additive, against 11 soil inhabitant Streptomyces spp. isolates was investigated. MTBE, an octane enhancer is added to gasoline to reduce atmospheric concentrations of carbon monoxide and oz... | 0 |
57,197 | Uptake distribution of ozone in human lungs: Intersubject variability in physiologic response | Ultman, JS; Ben-Jebria, A; Arnold, SF | 2,004 | The primary hypothesis of this study was that intersubject variation in uptake of inhaled ozone causes corresponding variation in the resulting physiologic response. The second hypothesis was that differences in breathing pattern and lung anatomy induce differences in ozone uptake. Sixty healthy nonsmokers participated... | 1 |
92,508 | The effects of AlCl3 additions on rhizosphere soil and fine root chemistry of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) | Phillips, RP; Yanai, RD | 2,004 | Increased Al mobilization and Ca and Mg leaching have been linked to nutritional imbalances in sugar maple across the northeastern US and Canada. The susceptibility of sugar maple fine roots to Al stress is poorly understood, in part because roots respond to Al stress by altering the chemistry of the rhizosphere. AlCl3... | 0 |
57,297 | Formation of secondary organic aerosols from isoprene and its gas-phase oxidation products through reaction with hydrogen peroxide | Claeys, M; Wang, W; Ion, AC; Kourtchev, I; Gelencser, A; Maenhaut, W | 2,004 | null | 0 |
129,367 | Forecasting daily maximum surface ozone concentrations in Brunei Darussalam - An ARIMA modeling approach | Kumar, K; Yadav, AK; Singh, MP; Hassan, H; Jain, VK | 2,004 | null | 0 |
87,775 | Effects of meteorology on the annual and interannual cycle of UV-B and total radiation in Cordoba City, Argentina | Palancar, GG; Toselli, BM | 2,004 | #The Ultraviolet B (UV-B, 280-315 nm) and total (300-3000 nm) irradiances in a suburban site in C?rdoba city (31.44 degrees S; 64.19 degrees W) were measured and calculated between November 1998 and December 2002. Measurements were carried out with a pyranometer YES UVB-1 (UV-B) and a pyranometer YES TSP-700 (total) wh... | 0 |
76,704 | Attentuation of spectral actinic flux and photolysis frequencies at the surface through homogenous cloud fields | Monks, PS; Rickard, AR; Hall, SL; Richards, NAD | 2,004 | The effect of clouds on derived photolysis rates has been investigated using actinic flux spectra measured from a 2p sr diode-array spectral radiometer deployed in a series of differing field campaigns. Homogenously cloudy and clear days were selected, and ratios of cloudy-to-clear actinic flux spectra were used to der... | 0 |
80,682 | Indoor fine particles: the role of terpene emissions from coonsumer products | Sarwar, G; Olson, DA; Corsi, RL; Weschler, CJ | 2,004 | Consumer products can emit significant quantities of terpenes, which can react with ozone (O-3). Resulting by-products include compounds with low vapor pressures that contribute to the growth of secondary organic aerosols (SOAs). The focus of this study was to evaluate the potential for SOA growth, in the presence of O... | 0 |
100,235 | Surface ozone over southern Africa: Synthesis of monitoring results during the Cross border Air Pollution Impact Assessment project | Zunckel, M; Venjonoka, K; Pienaar, JJ; Brunke, EG; Pretorius, O; Koosialee, A; Raghunandan, A; Van Tienhoven, AM | 2,004 | null | 0 |
79,166 | Effects of future climate change on regional air pollution episodes in the United States | Mickley, LJ; Jacob, DJ; Field, BD; Rind, D | 2,004 | #We examine the impact of future climate change on regional air pollution meteorology in the United States by conducting a transient climate change (1950-2052) simulation in a general circulation model (GCM) of the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS). We include in the GCM two tracers of anthropogenic pollution, ... | 0 |
90,411 | Direct evidence for coastal iodine particles from Laminaria macroalgae -- linkage to emissions of molecular iodine | Mcfiggans, G; Coe, H; Burgess, R; Allan, J; Cubison, M; Alfarra, MR; Saunders, R; Saiz-Lopez, A; Plane, JMC; Wevill, D; Carpenter, LJ; Rickard, AR; Monks, PS | 2,004 | Renewal of ultrafine aerosols in the marine boundary layer may lead to repopulation of the marine distribution and ultimately determine the concentration of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). Thus the formation of nanometre-scale particles can lead to enhanced scattering of incoming radiation and a net cooling of the atm... | 0 |
144,230 | Intercontinental transport and the origins of the ozone observed at surface sites in Europe | Derwent, RG; Stevenson, DS; Ollins, WJ; Johnso n | 2,004 | A global three-dimensional Lagrangian chemistry-transport model is used to describe the formation, transport and destruction of tropospheric ozone using 1990s global emissions and 1998 meteorological archives. Using a labelling technique, the geographical origins of the ozone formed within the troposphere have been rev... | 0 |
157,994 | Rising atmospheric CO2 and carbon sequestration in forests | Beedlow, PA; Tingey, DT; Phillips, DL; Hogsett, WE; Olszyk, DM | 2,004 | Rising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere could alter Earth?s climate system; but it is thought that higher concentrations may improve plant growth by way of the fertilization effect. Forests; an important part of the planet?s carbon cycle; sequester a significant amount of the CO2 released into the atmosphere by hum... | 0 |
89,827 | Increased risks of term low-birth-weight infants in a petrochemical industrial city with high air pollution levels | Lin, CM; Li, CY; Mao, IF | 2,004 | This study investigated the influence of petrochemical air pollution on birth weight. Birth data on 92,288 singleton infants with gestational periods of 37-44 wk born in a petrochemical industrial city (Kaohsiung, n = 31,530) with severe pollution or a nonpetrochemical industrial city (Taipei, n = 60,758) in Taiwan bet... | 0 |
72,715 | The ozone report: measuring progress through 2003 | null | 2,004 | null | 0 |
694,703 | Exposure to ozone gases in pulp mills and the onset of rhinitis | Hoffman, CD; Henneberger, PK; Olin, AC; Mehta, A; Toren, K | 2,004 | Objective Rhinitis is a common upper respiratory disease influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. It is also accepted that allergic rhinitis may precede asthma, a disease with more serious consequences. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the risk of noninfectious rhinitis is increased after... | 0 |
82,453 | Daily, seasonal and spatial trends in PM25 mass and composition in southeast Texas | Russell, M; Allen, DT; Collins, DR; Fraser, MP | 2,004 | Daily, seasonal, and spatial trends in fine particulate matter concentrations, compositions, and size distributions were examined using data collected through the regulatory fine particulate matter monitoring network in Southeast Texas and during the Gulf Coast Aerosol Research and Characterization Study (GC-ARCH or Ho... | 0 |
74,105 | Estimations of the human 'vitamin D' UV exposure in the USA | Kimlin, MG; Schallhorn, KA | 2,004 | Human exposure to sunlight promotes the formation of pre-vitamin D in the skin. Low or marginal levels of vitamin D has been linked to a wide range of human health outcomes, including the development of various types of cancer. However, few data exist on the actual exposure to human due to vitamin D producing ultraviol... | 0 |
89,482 | Ambient air pollution: Health hazards to children | null | 2,004 | Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is now recognized as an important problem, both nationally and worldwide. Our scientific understanding of the spectrum of health effects of air pollution has increased, and numerous studies are finding important health effects from air pollution at levels once considered safe. Children a... | 0 |
93,070 | Environmental health disparities: A framework integrating psychosocial and environmental concepts | Gee, GC; Payne-Sturges, DC | 2,004 | Although it is often acknowledged that social and environmental factors interact to produce racial and ethnic environmental health disparities, it is still unclear how this occurs. Despite continued controversy, the environmental justice movement has provided some insight by suggesting that disadvantaged communities fa... | 0 |
57,275 | Pulmonary epithelial integrity in children: Relationship to ambient ozone exposure and swimming pool attendance | Lagerkvist, BJ; Bernard, A; Blomberg, A; Bergstrom, E; Forsberg, B; Holmstrom, K; Karp, K; Lundstrom, NG; Segerstedt, B; Svensson, M; Nordberg, G | 2,004 | Airway irritants such as ozone are known to impair lung function and induce airway inflammation. Clara cell protein (CC16) is a small anti-inflammatory protein secreted by the nonciliated bronchiolar Clara cells. CC16 in serum has been proposed as a noninvasive and sensitive marker of lung epithelial injury. In this st... | 0 |
694,704 | Simulating changes in regional air pollution over the eastern United States due to changes in global and regional climate and emissions | Hogrefe, C; Lynn, B; Civerolo, K; Ku, JY; Rosenthal, J; Rosenzweig, C; Goldberg, R; Gaffin, S; Knowlton, K; Kinney, PL | 2,004 | To simulate ozone (O-3) air quality in future decades over the eastern United States, a modeling system consisting of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Atmosphere- Ocean Global Climate Model, the Pennsylvania State University/National Center for Atmospheric Research mesoscale regional climate model (MM5), an... | 0 |
595,939 | Ozone-induced oxidative stress response in Arabidopsis: Transcription profiling by microarray approach | Ludwikow, A; Gallois, P; Sadowski, J | 2,004 | High ozone concentration generates oxidative stress in plants. To investigate the detailed transcriptional regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana genes encoding antioxidant enzymes upon ozone stress, we performed a microarray analysis using Affymetrix GeneChip technology. Our transcription profiling revealed a differential... | 1 |
651,873 | Functional genomics of UV radiation responses in human cells | Koch-Paiz, CA; Amundson, SA; Bittner, ML; Meltzer, PS; Fornace, AJ, Jr | 2,004 | The gene expression responses of MCF-7, a p53 wild-type (wt) human cell line, were monitored by cDNA microarray hybridization after exposure to different wavelengths of UV irradiation. Equitoxic doses of UVA, UVB, and UVC radiation were used to reduce survival to 37%. The effects of suramin, a signal pathway inhibitor,... | 0 |
651,905 | UV dose determines key characteristics of nonmelanoma skin cancer | Ramos, J; Villa, J; Ruiz, A; Armstrong, R; Matta, J | 2,004 | Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), known as nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), are the most common cancers worldwide. Although many factors are involved in the pathogenesis of NMSC, UV radiation is an important risk factor. A fundamental question in skin cancer research is whether varying doses ... | 0 |
57,311 | Air pollution and lung function [letter] | Merkus, PJFM | 2,004 | null | 0 |
139,191 | Assessment of the effects of ozone exposure and plant competition on the reproductive ability of three therophytic clover species from Iberian pastures | Gimeno, BS; Bermejo, V; Sanz, J; De La Torre, D; Gil, JM | 2,004 | Ozone (O-3) phytototoxicity has been reported on a wide
range of crops and wild Central European plant species, however no information has been provided
regarding the sensitivity of plant species from dehesa Mediterranean therophytic grasslands in
spite of their great plant species richness and the high O-3 level... | 0 |
57,557 | Proportion of lifetime UV dose received by children, teenagers and adults based on time-stamped personal dosimetry | Thieden, E; Philipsen, PA; Sandby-Moller, J; Heydenreich, J; Wulf, HC | 2,004 | Objective To assess individual time-related (time-stamped) UV radiation (UVR) dose pattern and sun exposure behavior. Design Open prospective observational study. Setting University hospital. Study Subjects Two hundred eighty-five Danish volunteers with apparently healthy skin: children, adolescents, indoor work... | 0 |
199,914 | Glutathione-S-transferase gene polymorphisms (GSTT1, GSTM1, GSTP1) as increased risk factors for asthma | Tamer, L; Calikoglu, M; Ates, NA; Yildirim, H; Ercan, B; Saritas, E; Unlu, A; Atik, U | 2,004 | OBJECTIVES: Asthma is a complex multifactorial disease with an obvious genetic predisposition, immunological aberration, and involvement of noxious environmental factors. Polymorphisms of the glutathione-S-transferase (GST) genes are known risk factors for some environmentally-related diseases. In the present study, th... | 1 |
1,096 | Retentissement de la pollution atmospherique sur la sante Le programme de surveillance air et sante 9 villes [The impact of air pollution on health The "programme de surveillance air et sante 9 villes" (Air and health surveillance program in 9 cities)] | Eilstein, D; Declercq, C; Prouvost, H; Pascal, L; Nunes, C; Filleul, L; Cassadou, S; Le Tertre, A; Zeghnoun, A; Medina, S; Lefranc, A; Saviuc, P; Quenel, P; Campagna, D | 2,004 | OBJECTIVES: To quantify the short term effects of air pollution on mortality and hospitalisation for cardiovascular or respiratory disorders in the nine French cities (Bordeaux, Le Havre, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg and Toulouse) of the Surveillance Air et Sante program. METHODS: Data were avail... | 0 |
93,074 | Infant mortality and air pollution: Modifying effect by social class | Romieu, I; Ramirez-Aguilar, M; Moreno-Macias, H; Barraza-Villarreal, A; Miller, P; Hernandez-Cadena, L; Carbajal-Arroyo, LA; Hernandez-Avila, M | 2,004 | Studies link air pollution with increased mortality; however, information on infants is scarce and inconclusive. Objective: We studied short-term PM10 exposure, relating to increased respiratory-related infant mortality, and estimated for poor living conditions. Methods: A case-crossover approach modeled the relationsh... | 1 |
90,179 | Variability of personal chemical exposure in eight office buildings in Sweden | Glas, B; Levin, JO; Stenberg, B; Stenlund, H; Sunesson, AL | 2,004 | This study focuses on the variability in chemical exposures for individuals working in office buildings. The study involved eight office buildings with 79 participants, and exposures were measured using personal samplers for volatile organic compounds, aldehydes, amines, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and particles. Ventilat... | 0 |
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