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191,701 | Tropospheric O3 compromises net primary production in young stands of trembling aspen, paper birch and sugar maple in response to elevated atmospheric CO2 | King, JS; Kubiske, ME; Pregitzer, KS; Hendrey, GR; Mcdonald, EP; Giardina, CP; Quinn, VS; Karnosky, DF | 2,005 | Concentrations of atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric ozone (O-3) are rising concurrently in the atmosphere, with potentially antagonistic effects on forest net primary production (NPP) and implications for terrestrial carbon sequestration. Using free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) technology, we exposed north-temperate forest... | 1 |
91,937 | Recent changes in soil chemistry in a forested ecosystem of southern Quebec, Canada | Courchesne, F; Cote, B; Fyles, JW; Hendershot, WH; Biron, PM; Roy, AG; Turmel, MC | 2,005 | We analyzed the temporal trends of elemental changes in the soil of the Hermine, a 5.1-ha watershed of the Lower Laurentians, Quebec, Canada, from 1993 to 2002. The forest canopy of the Hermine is dominated by sugar maple (Acersaccharum Marshall) growing on Podzols formed in a shallow (< 2 m) anorthositic till. The ... | 0 |
625,789 | Use of exhaled breath condensate in the study of airway inflammation after hypertonic saline solution challenge | Carpagnano, GE; Foschino Barbaro, MP; Cagnazzo, M; Di Gioia, G; Giliberti, T; Di Matteo, C; Resta, O | 2,005 | STUDY OBJECTIVES: Hypertonic saline solution inhalation is suspected to produce airway inflammation. DESIGN: The aim of this study was to verify this hypothesis by measuring inflammatory markers in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) collected before and after sputum induction with hypertonic and isotonic saline solution. ... | 1 |
695,489 | Air quality modeling of interpollutant trading for ozone precursors in an urban area | Wang, LL; Allen, DT; Mcdonald-Buller, EC | 2,005 | Emission trading is a market-based approach designed to improve the efficiency and economic viability of emission control programs; emission trading has typically been confined to trades among single pollutants. Interpollutant trading (IPT), as described in this work, allows for trades among emissions of different comp... | 0 |
191,639 | Respective and interactive effects of doubled CO2 and O-3 concentration on membrane lipid peroxidation and antioxidative ability of soybean | Zhao, TH; Shi, Y; Huang, GH; Wang, Y; Sun, B | 2,005 | Effects of doubled CO2 and O-3 concentration on Soybean were studied in open-top chambers (OTC). Under doubled CO2 concentration, grain yield and biomass increased, the SOD activity, vitamin C (Vc) and carotenoid (Car) content also increased; Superoxide (O-2(-)) generating rate decreased, relative conductivity and malo... | 0 |
87,532 | Parameter evaluation and model validation of ozone exposure assessment using Harvard Southern California Chronic Ozone Exposure Study data | Xue, J; Liu, SV; Ozkaynak, H; Spengler, JD | 2,005 | To examine factors influencing long-term ozone (O3) exposures by children living in urban communities, the authors analyzed longitudinal data on personal, indoor, and outdoor O3 concentrations, as well as related housing and other questionnaire information collected in the one-year-long Harvard Southern California Chro... | 1 |
58,595 | Influence of ambient (outdoor) sources on residential indoor and personal PM2.5 concentrations: analyses of RIOPA data | Meng, QY; Turpin, BJ; Korn, L; Weisel, CP; Morandi, M; Colome, S; Zhang, J; Stock, T; Spektor, D; Winer, A; Zhang, L; Lee, JH; Giovanetti, R; Cui, W; Kwon, J; Alimokhtari, S; Shendell, D; Jones, J; Farrar, C; Maberti, S | 2,005 | The Relationship of Indoor, Outdoor and Personal Air (RIOPA) study was designed to investigate residential indoor, outdoor and personal exposures to several classes of air pollutants, including volatile organic compounds, carbonyls and fine particles (PM2.5). Samples were collected from summer, 1999 to spring, 2001 in ... | 0 |
80,717 | Potential interference bias in ozone standard compliance monitoring | Leston, AR; Ollinson, WM; Spicer, CW; Satola, J | 2,005 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established a federal reference method (FRM) for ozone (O3) and allowed for designation of federal equivalent methods (FEMs). However, the ethylene-chemiluminescence FRM for O3 has been replaced by the UV photometric FEM by most state and local monitoring agencies because of... | 1 |
191,387 | Evaluating the impact of pollution on plant-Lepidoptera relationships | Mulder, C; Aldenberg, T; de Zwart, D; van Wijnen, HJ; Breure, AM | 2,005 | We monitored the biodiversity of plants, adult butterflies and leaf-miners in a Dutch nature reserve over a period of six years (1994-1999) within the International Co-operative Programme on Integrated Monitoring on Air Pollution Effects (ICP-IM). Butterfly abundance decreased steadily over the period, indicating a neg... | 0 |
199,251 | Ozone flux data used to assess damage risk to vegetation | Cieslik, S; Gerosa, G | 2,005 | A new parameterisation of ozone uptake by vegetation, based on the observational determination of functional dependence of stomala ozone conductances on environmental parameters such as temperature, wind speed, top-of-canopy ozone concentrations, water vapour pressure deficit, and soil water content, is proposed. Measu... | 0 |
179,992 | Impact of rising tropospheric ozone on potato: Effects on photosynthesis, growth, productivity and yield quality | Vandermeiren, K; Black, C; Pleijel, H; de Temmerman, L | 2,005 | In view of its importance for human nutrition, the European
Commission funded a collaborative research programme (1998?99) to evaluate the impact of future increases in atmospheric ozone (O3) and carbon dioxide(CO2) concentrations on yield and tuber quality in potato(Solanum tuberosumL.). This was the first large-scale... | 0 |
87,958 | A major ozonation product of cholesterol, 3beta-hydroxy-5-oxo-5,6-secocholestan-6-al, induces apoptosis in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts | Sathishkumar, K; Haque, M; Perumal, TE; Francis, J; Uppu, RM | 2,005 | Cholesterol, a major neutral lipid component of biological membranes and the lung epithelial lining fluids, is susceptible to oxidation by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species including ozone. The oxidation by ozone in biological environments results in the formation of 3beta-hydroxy-5-oxo-5,6-secocholestan-6-al (chole... | 1 |
191,598 | Photosynthesis of birch (Betula pendula) is sensitive to springtime frost and ozone | Oksanen, E; Freiwald, V; Prozherina, N; Rousi, M | 2,005 | Impacts of springtime frost and ozone enrichment, alone and in combination, on six birch ( Betula pendula Roth) genotypes regenerated from a naturally occurring birch stand in southeastern Finland were studied. The seedlings were exposed to 65 ppb ozone (AOT40 ( accumulated over a threshold of 40 ppb) exposure of 10.7 ... | 0 |
88,070 | Ambient air pollution is associated with increased risk of hospital cardiac readmissions of myocardial infarction survivors in five European cities | von Klot, S; Peters, A; Aalto, P; Bellander, T; Berglind, N; D'Ippoliti, D; Elosua, R; Hormann, A; Kulmala, M; Lanki, T; Lowel, H; Pekkanen, J; Picciotto, S; Sunyer, J; Forastiere, F | 2,005 | BACKGROUND: Ambient air pollution has been associated with increases in acute morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the short-term effects of urban air pollution on cardiac hospital readmissions in survivors of myocardial infarction, a potentially susceptible subpopulation. METHODS AND RE... | 1 |
79,151 | Decomposition of soybean grown under elevated concentrations of CO2 and O3 | Booker, FL; Prior, SA; Torbert, HA; Fiscus, EL; Pursley, WA; Hu, S | 2,005 | A critical global climate change issue is how increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO2 and ground-level O3 will affect agricultural productivity. This includes effects on decomposition of residues left in the field and availability of mineral nutrients to subsequent crops. To address questions about decomposition p... | 1 |
524,701 | Effects of nontoxic shot regulations on lead accumulation in ducks and American Woodcock in Canada | Stevenson, AL; Scheuhammer, AM; Chan, HM | 2,005 | Prior to the first nontoxic shot zones being established in Canada, a nationwide survey of lead (Pb) concentrations in wing bones of hatch year (HY) dabbling and diving ducks determined the incidence of elevated Pb exposure in waterfowl in different parts of the country (Scheuhammer and Dickson 1996). The main objectiv... | 0 |
196,460 | Nasal effects of a mixture of volatile organic compounds and their ozone oxidation products | Laumbach, RJ; Fiedler, N; Gardner, CR; Laskin, DL; Fan, ZH; Zhang, J; Weschler, CJ; Lioy, PJ; Devlin, RB; Ohman-Strickland, P; Kelly-Mcneil, K; Kipen, HM | 2,005 | OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine if low levels of a mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their ozone (O3) oxidation products, similar to what might be found in "sick buildings," cause nasal irritation and inflammation under controlled exposure conditions. METHODS: Healthy, nonsmoking women (n=130) ... | 0 |
190,641 | Effects of an ozone-generating air purifier on indoor secondary particles in three residential dwellings | Hubbard, HF; Coleman, BK; Sarwar, G; Corsi, RL | 2,005 | The use of indoor ozone generators as air purifiers has steadily increased over the past decade. Many ozone generators are marketed to consumers for their ability to eliminate odors and microbial agents and to improve health. In addition to the harmful effects of ozone, recent studies have shown that heterogeneous and ... | 0 |
186,866 | Oxidative stress and ozone: Perception; signalling and response | Baier, M; Kandlbinder, A; Golldack, D; Dietz, K | 2,005 | The primary site of ozone interaction with plant cells is the extracellular matrix where ozone challenges the antioxidant protection of the cells. Accordingly, ozone sensitivity generally correlates with the ascorbate status of the apoplast, which is an important signal initiation point. In addition, ozone sensing take... | 1 |
89,029 | Ventilation in public housing: implications for indoor nitrogen dioxide concentrations | Zota, A; Adamkiewicz, G; Levy, JI; Spengler, JD | 2,005 | Although elevated nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposures may exacerbate asthma, few studies have examined indoor NO2 levels in low-income, urban neighborhoods, where asthma prevalence is high. As part of the Healthy Public Housing Initiative, NO2 was measured in 77 homes within three Boston public housing developments, using... | 0 |
133,042 | Analysis of Roadside Inhalable Particulate Matter (PM10) in Major Korean Cities | Jo, WK; Park, JH | 2,005 | A data analysis of three major Korean cities was conducted to assess roadside inhalable particulate matter 10 mu m or smaller in aerodynamic diameter (PM10), including temporal and meteorological variations, over a recent period of 4 to 6 years. The yearly roadside PM10 concentrations presented a well-defined increasin... | 0 |
140,038 | Observational study of ozone and carbon monoxide at the summit of mount Tai (1534 m asl) in central-eastern China | Gao, J; Wang, T; Ding, A; Liu, C | 2,005 | We report measurement results of ozone (O-3) and carbon monoxide (CO) obtained from 5 July to 23 November 2003 at the summit of Mount Tai (1534m a.s.l, 36.25 degrees N, 117.10 degrees E) in the Shandong Peninsula of China. The study was carried out to gain insights into regional O-3 pollution and air-mass transport in ... | 0 |
597,495 | Acute ozone-induced differential gene expression profiles in rat lung | Nadadur, SS; Costa, DL; Slade, R; Silbjoris, R; Hatch, GE | 2,005 | Ozone (O3) is an oxidant gas that can directly induce lung injury. Knowledge of the initial molecular
events of the acute O3 response would be useful in developing biomarkers of exposure or response.
Toward this goal, we exposed rats to toxic concentrations of O3 (2 and 5 ppm) for 2 hr and the molecular
changes were as... | 0 |
679,717 | Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of productivity | Norby, RJ; Delucia, EH; Gielen, B; Calfapietra, C; Giardina, CP; King, JS; Ledford, J; Mccarthy, HR; Moore, DJP; Ceulemans, R; De Angelis, P; Finzi, AC; Karnosky, DF; Kubiske, ME; Lukac, M; Pregitzer, KS; Scarascia-Mugnozza, GE; Schlesinger, WH; Oren, R | 2,005 | Climate change predictions derived from coupled carbon-climate models are highly dependent on assumptions about feedbacks between the biosphere and atmosphere. One critical feedback occurs if C uptake by the biosphere increases in response to the fossil-fuel driven increase in atmospheric [CO2] ( | 1 |
191,442 | Growth parameters and resistance against Drechslera teres of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Scarlett) grown at elevated ozone and carbon dioxide concentrations | Plessl, M; Heller, W; Payer, HD; Elstner, EF; Habermeyer, J; Heiser, I | 2,005 | Spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Scarlett) was grown at two CO2 levels (400 vs. 700 ppm) combined with two ozone regimes (ambient vs. double ambient) in climate chambers for four weeks, beginning at seedling emergence. Elevated CO2 concentration significantly increased aboveground biomass, root biomass, and tiller... | 0 |
191,697 | Transcriptome analysis of ozone-responsive genes in leaves of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) | Olbrich, M; Betz, G; Gerstner, E; Langebartels, C; Sandermann, H; Ernst, D | 2,005 | Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was performed to isolate cDNAs representing genes that are differentially expressed in leaves of Fagus sylvatica upon ozone exposure. 1248 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were obtained from 2 subtractive libraries containing early and late ozone-responsive genes. Sequences of ... | 1 |
191,570 | Ozone concentrations and ozone-induced symptoms on coastal and alpine mediterranean pines in southern France | Dalstein, L; Vas, N | 2,005 | Ozone effects on Mediterranean forests were studied for 10 years in southern France. The aim of these studies was to understand the impact of the pollutant on foliar damage among Aleppo pine (Pines halepensis Mill.) and Arolla pine (Pines cembra L.) populations. During the summers of 2001 and 2002, ozone concentrations... | 1 |
631,184 | Changes in the vertical distribution of ozone over Canada from ozonesondes: 1980?2001 | Tarasick, DW; Fioletov, VE; Wardle, DI; Kerr, JB; Davies, J | 2,005 | Measurements of the vertical profile of ozone concentration using balloon-borne ECC ozonesondes have been made weekly since 1980 at several sites in Canada (Edmonton, Goose Bay, Churchill, and Resolute), since 1987 at Alert, and since 1992 at Eureka. Previous analyses of ozone trends over Canada have shown strong negat... | 1 |
651,874 | Photosensitivity in lupus erythematosus | Kuhn, A; Beissert, S | 2,005 | Lupus erythematosus (LE) is an autoimmune disease which can be triggered by environmental factors such as solar irradiation. It has long been observed that especially ultraviolet (UV) exposure can induce and exacerbate skin lesions in patients with this disease. However, despite the frequency of photosensitivity in LE,... | 0 |
191,602 | Photosynthetic process and activities of enzymes involved in the phenylpropanoid pathway in resistant and sensitive genotypes of Lycopersicon esculentum L. exposed to ozone | Guidi, L; Degl'Innocenti, E; Genovesi, S; Soldatini, GF | 2,005 | Two differential pathogen-sensitive genotypes of Lycopersicon esculentum plants were treated with a single pulse of ozone (150 nL L-1 for 3 h) and the photosynthetic process and activity of some enzymes of phenylpropanoid metabolism were studied. The sensitive to pathogen variety, Cuor di Bue, showed visible symptoms o... | 0 |
76,113 | Tree age dependence and within-canopy variation of leaf gas exchange and antioxidative defence in Fagus sylvatica under experimental free-air ozone exposure | Herbinger, K; Then, C; Low, M; Haberer, K; Alexous, M; Koch, N; Remele, K; Heerdt, C; Grill, D; Rennenberg, H; Haberle, KH; Matyssek, R; Tausz, M; Wieser, G | 2,005 | We characterized leaf gas exchange and antioxidative defence of two-year-old seedlings and 60-year-old trees of Fagus sylvatica exposed to ambient (1IO3) or two-fold ambient (2IO3) O3 concentrations (maximum of 150 ppb) in a free-air canopy exposure system throughout the growing season. Decline in photosynthesis from s... | 0 |
95,800 | Characterization of particulate and gas exposures of sensitive subpopulations living in Baltimore and Boston | Koutrakis, P; Suh, HH; Sarnat, JA; Brown, KW; Coull, BA; Schwartz, J | 2,005 | Personal exposures to particulate and gaseous pollutants and corresponding ambient concentrations were measured for 56 subjects living in Baltimore, Maryland, and 43 subjects living in Boston, Massachusetts. The 3 Baltimore cohorts consisted of 20 healthy older adults (seniors), 21 children, and 15 individuals with phy... | 1 |
191,326 | Effect of thinning on surface fluxes in a boreal forest | Vesala, T; Suni, T; Rannik, U; Keronen, P; Markkanen, T; Sevanto, S; Gronholm, T; Smolander, S; Kulmala, M; Ilvesniemi, H; Ojansuu, R; Uotila, A; Levula, J; Makela, A; Pumpanen, J; Kolari, P; Kulmala, L; Altimir, N; Berninger, F; Nikinmaa, E; Hari, P | 2,005 | [ 1] Thinning is a routine forest management operation that changes tree spacing, number, and size distribution and affects the material flows between vegetation and the atmosphere. Here, using direct micrometeorological ecosystem-scale measurements, we show that in a boreal pine forest, thinning decreases the depositi... | 0 |
191,551 | Other factors than apoplastic ascorbate contribute to the differential ozone tolerance of two clones of Trifolium repens L | D'Haese, D; Vandermeiren, K; Asard, H; Horemans, N | 2,005 | Apoplastic reactive oxygen intermediates, which are formed during the exposure of a higher plant to ozone (O-3), have been proposed to be detoxified by apoplastic ascorbate (ASC). An investigation to determine whether the differential sensitivity of two white clover clones (Trifolium repens L. cv Regal) to O-3 was rela... | 1 |
89,824 | Relacao entre baixo peso ao nascer e a poluicao do ar no Municipio de Sao Paulo [Relationship between low birthweight and air pollution in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil] | Medeiros, A; Gouveia, N | 2,005 | Objective Air pollution has been investigated as a potential determinant for low birthweight. The aim of the present study was to study the effect of air pollution on birthweight. Methods We analyzed all deliveries by mothers living in the municipality of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, between 1998 and 2000. We estima... | 0 |
191,423 | Gene expression patterns of trembling aspen trees following long-term exposure to interacting elevated CO2 and troposphere O-3. (vol 167, pg 129, 2005) | Gupta, P; Duplessis, S; White, H; Karnosky, DF; Martin, F; Podila, GK | 2,005 | Gene expression patterns of trembling aspen trees following long-term exposure to interacting elevated CO2 and troposphere O3. (vol 167, pg 129, 2005) | 0 |
93,280 | Asthma, genes, and air pollution | Mccunney, RJ | 2,005 | Objective: The objective of this article is to evaluate genetic risks associated with the pulmonary response to air pollutants, including particulates and ozone. Methods: A comprehensive review of articles related to the genetics of asthma with particular attention to air pollution was conducted through a search of the... | 0 |
88,680 | Managing respiratory effects of air pollution | Watson, BK; Sheppeard, V | 2,005 | #BACKGROUND: Exposure to air pollution (both indoor and outdoor) has many potential adverse effects on human health. OBJECTIVE: This article looks at the adverse respiratory health effects of air pollution and gives some guidance about management of exposure in susceptible individuals. DISCUSSION: Motor vehicle and ind... | 0 |
191,547 | Observations of oxidation products above a forest imply biogenic emissions of very reactive compounds | Holzinger, R; Lee, A; Paw, KT; Goldstein, AH | 2,005 | Vertical gradients of mixing ratios of volatile organic compounds have been measured in a Ponderosa pine forest in Central California (38.90degrees N, 120.63degrees W, 1315 m). These measurements reveal large quantities of previously unreported oxidation products of short lived biogenic precursors. The emission of biog... | 0 |
191,320 | Effect of elevated tropospheric ozone on the structure of bacterial communities inhabiting the rhizosphere of herbaceous plants native to Germany | Dohrmann, AB; Tebbe, CC | 2,005 | Current elevated concentrations of ozone in the atmosphere, as they are observed during summer seasons, can cause severe effects on plant vegetation. This study was initiated to analyze whether ozone-stressed plants also transfer signals below ground and thereby alter the bacterial community composition in their rhizos... | 1 |
89,378 | Impact of new laboratory studies of N2O5 hydrolysis on global model budgets of tropospheric nitrogen oxides, ozone, and OH | Evans, MJ; Jacob, DJ | 2,005 | null | 0 |
596,244 | Surface ozone: A likely threat to crops in Yangtze delta of China | Wang, H; Kiang, CS; Tang, X; Zhou, X; Chameides, WL | 2,005 | Observational surface ozone during a 16-month field experiment between 1999 and 2000 at six non-urban sites in the Yangtze Delta of China suggests that enhanced ozone concentrations were most prevalent during the spring, when the 90-day ozone-exposure indices SUM06, AOT40 and 7-h-daytime mean ranged from 27 to 43 ppmh ... | 0 |
191,260 | CDNA array-analysis of mercury- and ozone-induced genes in Arabidopsis thaliana | Heidenreich, B; Haberer, G; Mayer, K; Sandermann, H; Ernst, D | 2,005 | Selected cDNA clones of Arabidopsis thaliana, isolated previously by suppression subtractive hybridisation, were used to differentiate between abiotic stress factors. Changes in expression patterns of 79 genes were examined by array analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana after fumigation with ozone and after short- or long-t... | 1 |
88,702 | Future tropospheric ozone simulated with a climate-chemistry-biosphere model | Hauglustaine, DA; Lathiere, J; Szopa, S; Folberth, GA | 2,005 | A climate-chemistry model and a biogenic emission model are used to investigate the relative impact of anthropogenic and biogenic emissions of ozone precursors and global warming on the evolution of ozone in 2100. A warmer and wetter climate leads to enhanced ozone photochemical destruction in the lower troposphere, a ... | 0 |
191,217 | Altered genotypic and phenotypic frequencies of aphid populations under enriched CO2 and O3 atmospheres | Mondor, EB; Tremblay, MN; Awmack, CS; Lindroth, RL | 2,005 | Environmental change is anticipated to negatively affect both plant and animal populations. As abiotic factors rapidly change habitat suitability, projections range from altered genetic diversity to wide-spread species loss. Here, we assess the degree to which changes in atmospheric composition associated with environm... | 1 |
93,000 | The interannual variability of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone determined from satellite measurements | Fishman, J; Creilson, JK; Wozniak, AE; Crutzen, PJ | 2,005 | Long-term satellite records have been used in previous studies to examine both trends and interannual variability (IAV) of ozone in the stratosphere. In this study, we use satellite measurements to produce long-term records of both tropospheric and stratospheric ozone and we examine the IAV of these data sets. Our anal... | 0 |
191,214 | Activation of stress-responsive mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x Populus deltoides) | Hamel, LP; Miles, GP; Samuel, MA; Ellis, BE; Seguin, A; Beaudoin, N | 2,005 | Plant mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are important amplifying modules that can rapidly transduce stress signals into various appropriate intracellular responses. Several extracellular regulated kinase (ERK)-type MAPKs involved in plant defense signaling have been identified in herbaceous species, but ... | 1 |
87,942 | The association between fatal coronary heart disease and ambient particulate air pollution: Are females at greater risk? | Chen, LH; Knutsen, SF; Shavlik, D; Beeson, WL; Petersen, F; Ghamsary, M; Abbey, D | 2,005 | The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of long-term ambient particulate matter (PM) on risk of fatal coronary heart disease (CHD). A cohort of 3,239 nonsmoking, non-Hispanic white adults was followed for 22 years. Monthly concentrations of ambient air pollutants were obtained from monitoring stations [PM < ... | 1 |
626,521 | Interpretative strategies for lung function tests | Pellegrino, R; Viegi, G; Brusasco, V; Crapo, RO; Burgos, F; Casaburi, R; Coates, A; van Der Grinten, CP; Gustafsson, P; Hankinson, J; Jensen, R; Johnson, DC; Macintyre, N; Mckay, R; Miller, MR; Navajas, D; Pedersen, OF; Wanger, J | 2,005 | null | 1 |
74,342 | On health effects of ozone exposure and exposing the epidemiologic process | Wilcox, AJ; Samet, JM; Sandler, DP; Savitz, DA; Wacholder, S; McCann MF eds | 2,005 | null | 0 |
87,885 | Birth outcomes and prenatal exposure to ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter: Results from the Children's Health Study | Salam, MT; Millstein, J; Li, YF; Lurmann, FW; Margolis, HG; Gilliland, FD | 2,005 | Exposures to ambient air pollutants have been associated with adverse birth outcomes. We investigated the effects of air pollutants on birth weight mediated by reduced fetal growth among term infants who were born in California during 1975-1987 and who participated in the Children's Health Study. Birth certificates pro... | 1 |
133,125 | Modeling the ozone weekend effect in very complex terrains: A case study in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula | Jimenez, P; Parra, R; Gasso, S; Baldasano, JM | 2,005 | Ambient ozone (O-3) concentrations tend to be higher on weekends than on weekdays in urban areas, a phenomenon known as the weekend effect. Nevertheless, its downwind influence could be diverse. The MMS-CMAQ model has been used to assess the causes of weekday/weekend O-3 differences in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsu... | 0 |
86,297 | Omega-3 fatty acid prevents heart rate variability reductions associated with particulate matter | Romieu, I; Tellez-Rojo, MM; Lazo, M; Manzano-Patino Cortez-Lugo, M; Julien, P; Belanger, MC; Hernandez-Avila MHolguin, F | 2,005 | #Context: Environmental exposure to particulate matter of 2.5 Am or less (PM2.5) has been associated with changes in heart rate variability (HRV).
Objective: To evaluate the effect of supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the reduction of HRV associated with PM2.5 exposure.
Design: Randomized do... | 0 |
651,876 | Cellular death mediated by nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) translocation in cultured human lens epithelial cells after ultraviolet-B irradiation | Lee, DH; Cho, KS; Park, SG; Kim, EK; Joo, C | 2,005 | Purpose: To determine the role of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) in the death of lens epithelial cells (LECs) after ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Korea. Methods: Cultures of simian virus 40 transfected human LECs (HLE B-3 cells) were were ... | 0 |
89,396 | The impact of air pollutant and methane emission controls on tropospheric ozone and radiative forcing: CTM calculations for the period 1990-2030 | Dentener, F; Stevenson, D; Cofala, J; Mechler, R; Amann, M; Bergamaschi, P; Raes, F; Derwent, R | 2,005 | To explore the relationship between tropospheric ozone and radiative forcing with changing emissions, we compiled two sets of global scenarios for the emissions of the ozone precursors methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) up to the year 2030 and i... | 0 |
98,820 | Air pollution exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies of pregnant women and children: Lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research | Gilliland, F; Avol, E; Kinney, P; Jerrett, M; Dvonch, T; Lurmann, F; Buckley, T; Breysse, P; Keeler, G; de Villiers, T; Mcconnell, R | 2,005 | The National Children's Study is considering a wide spectrum of airborne pollutants that are hypothesized to potentially influence pregnancy outcomes, neurodevelopment, asthma, atopy, immune development, obesity, and pubertal development. In this article we summarize six applicable exposure assessment lessons learned f... | 1 |
191,245 | Below-ground responses of silver birch trees exposed to elevated CO2 and O3 levels during three growing seasons | Kasurinen, A; Keinanen, MM; Kaipainen, S; Nilsson, LO; Vapaavuori, E; Kontro, MH; Holopainen, T | 2,005 | Field-growing silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) clones (clone 4 and 80) were exposed to elevated CO2 and O-3 in open-top chambers for three consecutive growing seasons (1999-2001). At the beginning of the OTC experiment, all trees were 7 years old. We studied the single and interaction effects of CO2 and O-3 on silver... | 1 |
88,364 | Nonlinear response of ozone to emissions: source apportionment and sensitivity analysis | Cohan, DS; Hakami, A; Hu, Y; Russell, AG | 2,005 | For secondary air pollutants, precursor emissions may impact concentrations in nonlinear and interdependent manners. We explore the nonlinear responses of one such pollutant, ozone, to emissions of its precursors, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds. Modeling is conducted for a high ozone episode in th... | 0 |
88,703 | Response of a coupled chemistry-climate model to changes in aerosol emissions: Global impact on the hydrological cycle and the tropospheric burdens of OH, ozone, and NOx | Lamarque, JF; Kiehl, JT; Hess, PG; Collins, WD; Emmons, LK; Ginoux, P; Luo, C; Tie, XX | 2,005 | In this study, we analyze the response of the coupled chemistry-climate system to changes in aerosol emissions in fully coupled atmospheric chemistry-climate-slab ocean model simulations; only the direct radiative effect of aerosols and their uptake of chemical species are
considered in this study. We show that, at the... | 0 |
79,126 | Development and application of an urban tree air quality score for photochemical pollution episodes using the Birmingham, United Kingdom, area as a case study | Donovan, RG; Stewart, HE; Owen, SM; Mackenzie, AR; Hewitt, CN | 2,005 | An atmospheric chemistry model (CiTTyCAT) is used to quantify the effects of trees on urban air quality in scenarios of high photochemical pollution. The combined effects of both pollutant deposition to and emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) from the urban forest are considered, and the West Midland... | 0 |
88,363 | Fate of endocrine-disruptor, pharmaceutical, and personal care product chemicals during simulated drinking water treatment processes | Westerhoff, P; Yoon, Y; Snyder, S; Wert, E | 2,005 | #The potential occurrence of endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) as well as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in drinking water supplies raises concern over the removal of these compounds by common drinking water treatment processes. Three drinking water supplies were spiked with 10 to 250 ng/L of 62... | 0 |
596,400 | Systemic responses to inhaled ozone in mice: cachexia and down-regulation of liver xenobiotic metabolizing genes | Last, JA; Gohil, K; Mathrani, VC; Kenyon, NJ | 2,005 | Rats or mice acutely exposed to high concentrations of ozone show an immediate and significant weight loss, even when allowed free access to food and water. The mechanisms underlying this systemic response to ozone have not been previously elucidated. We have applied the technique of global gene expression analysis to ... | 1 |
90,491 | A descriptive analysis of temporal patterns of air pollution in Atlanta, GA and an assessment of measurement error in air pollution monitoring networks in Atlanta, GA | Wade, KS | 2,005 | This research is intended to serve as an in-depth analysis of air pollution patterns and monitoring networks in the Atlanta area. A ten year database of carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ozone (O3), and particulate matter fine and course (PM2.5 and PM10) measurements at 17 monitoring st... | 0 |
191,236 | Assessment of ozone impacts on vegetation in southern Africa and directions for future research | van Tienhoven, AM; Otter, L; Lenkopane, M; Venjonoka, K; Zunckel, M | 2,005 | LEVELS OF BACKGROUND OZONE IN SOUTHern Africa are high enough to cause concern, as they frequently exceed the 40 ppb threshold currently adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. They also surpass the exposure index of 3000 ppb.h, which is intended to protect crops and natural vegetation in Europe. ... | 0 |
191,650 | Role of ethylene diurea (EDU) in assessing impact of ozone on Vigna radiata L. plants in a suburban area of Allahabad (India) | Agrawal, SB; Singh, A; Rathore, D | 2,005 | A field study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of ethylene diurea (N-[2-(2-oxo-1-imidazolidinyl)ethyl]-N'-phenylurea; EDU) in assessing the impact of O-3 on mung bean plants (Vigna radiata L. var. Malviya Jyoti) grown in suburban area of Allahabad city situated in a dry tropical region of India. EDU is a synth... | 0 |
87,826 | Follow-up of the Swiss Cohort study on air pollution and lung diseases in adults (SAPALDIA 2) 1991-2003: methods and characterization of participants | Ackermann-Liebrich, U; Kuna-Dibbert, B; Probst-Hensch, NM; Schindler, C; Dietrich, DF; Stutz, EZ; Bayer-Oglesby, L; Baum, F; Brandli, O; Brutsche, M; Downs, SH; Keidel, D; Gerbase, MW; Imboden, M; Keller, R; Knopfli, B; Kunzli Nellweger, JP; Leuenberger, P; SALPADIA Team | 2,005 | OBJECTIVES: The Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) was designed to investigate the health effects from long-term exposure to air pollution. METHODS: The health assessment at recruitment (1991) and at the first reassessment (2001-3) consisted of an interview about respiratory heal... | 0 |
110,003 | Using measured and modeled indicators to assess ozone-NOx-VOC sensitivity in a western Mediterranean coastal environment | Stein, AF; Mantilla, E; Millan, MM | 2,005 | It is widely known that the formation of ozone (O3) is chemically linked to the emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). This chemical interdependence is highly complex and gives rise to non-linear and coupled pollutant formation processes. In the present study, airborne measurements of ... | 0 |
191,619 | Predicting secondary organic aerosol formation rates in southeast Texas | Russell, M; Allen, DT | 2,005 | [1] Rates of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation, due to the reactions of aromatics and monoterpenes, were estimated for southeast Texas by incorporating a modified version of the Statewide Air Pollution Research Center's chemical mechanism (SAPRC99) into the Comprehensive Air Quality Model with extensions (CAMx ... | 0 |
191,324 | The effect of ozone on the yellowing process of magnesium-deficient clonal Norway spruce grown under defined conditions | Siefermann-Harms, D; Payer, HD; Schramel, P; Lutz, C | 2,005 | During two vegetation periods, young clonal spruce trees (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) with sufficient and poor magnesium (Mg) supply were exposed in the environmental chambers of the GSF phytotron to three levels of ozone (daily means: 18-22, 88-130, and 135-190 mu g m(-3); 10% reduction at night). Previous year's needles... | 0 |
89,865 | Environmental risk factors and allergic bronchial asthma | D'Amato, G; Liccardi, G; D'Amato, M; Holgate, S | 2,005 | The prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases such as bronchial asthma has increased in recent years, especially in industrialized countries. A change in the genetic predisposition is an unlikely cause of the increase in allergic diseases because genetic changes in a population require several generations. Consequent... | 0 |
88,710 | Global partitioning of NOx sources using satellite observations: Relative roles of fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning and soil emissions | Jaegle, L; Steinberger, L; Martin, RV; Chance, K | 2,005 | We use space-based observations of NO2 columns from the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) to derive monthly top-down NOx emissions for 2000 via inverse modeling with the GEOS-CHEM chemical transport model. Top-down NOx sources are partitioned among fuel combustion (fossil fuel and biofuel), biomass burning and... | 0 |
196,472 | DNA adducts and lung cancer risk: A prospective study | Peluso, M; Munnia, A; Hoek, G; Krzyzanowski, M; Veglia, F; Airoldi, L; Autrup, H; Dunning, A; Garte, S; Hainaut, P; Malaveille, C; Gormally, E; Matullo, G; Overvad, K; Raaschou-Nielsen, O; Clavel-Chapelon, F; Linseisen, J; Boeing, H; Trichopoulou, A; Trichopoulos, D; Kaladidi, A; Palli, D; Krogh, V; Tumino, R; Panico, ... | 2,005 | Objectives were to investigate prospectively the ability of DNA adducts to predict cancer and to study the determinants of adducts, especially air pollutants. DNA adducts were measured in a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) investigation. Cases included... | 1 |
88,668 | Local variations in CO and particulate air pollution and adverse birth outcomes in Los Angeles County, California, USA | Wilhelm, M; Ritz, B | 2,005 | We extended our previous analyses of term low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth to 1994-2000, a period of declining air pollution levels in the South Coast Air Basin. We speculated that the effects we observed previously for carbon monoxide, particulate matter < 10 microm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10), and traffic ... | 1 |
191,506 | Localized ozone fumigation system for studying ozone effects on photosynthesis, respiration, electron transport rate and isoprene emission in field-grown Mediterranean oak species | Velikova, V; Tsonev, T; Pinelli, P; Alessio, GA; Loreto, F | 2,005 | We used a localized ozone (O-3) fumigation (LOF) system to study acute and short-term O-3 effects on physiological leaf traits. The LOF system enabled investigation of primary and secondary metabolic responses of similarly and differently aged leaves on the same plant to three different O-3 concentrations ([O-3]), unco... | 0 |
157,389 | New Directions: Discussion of "A new generation of ozone critical levels for the protection of vegetation in Europe" by Ashmore et al. | Krause, G; Kollner, B; Grunhage, L; Jager, HJ; Bender, J; Weigel, HJ | 2,005 | null | 0 |
1,035,045 | Rethinking genetic models of asthma: the role of environmental modifiers | Ober, C; Thompson, EE | 2,005 | Asthma is a common, chronic disease with a complex etiology. To date, more than 35 genes have been associated with asthma or related phenotypes in multiple populations, but none of them has been shown to contribute to risk in all populations studied. We suggest that genetic susceptibility is both context dependent and ... | 0 |
191,211 | Acclimation to ozone affects host/pathogen interaction and competitiveness for nitrogen on juvenile Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies trees infected with Phytophthora citricola | Luedemann, G; Matyssek, R; Fleischmann, F; Grams, TEE | 2,005 | In a two-year phytotron study, juvenile trees of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) were grown in mixture under ambient and twice ambient ozone (O-3) and infected with the root pathogen Phytophthora citricola. We investigated the influence of O-3 on the trees' susceptibility to the root pa... | 0 |
87,535 | Case-crossover analyses of air pollution exposure data: referent selection strategies and their implications for bias | Janes, H; Sheppard, L; Lumley, T | 2,005 | The case-crossover design has been widely used to study the association between short-term air pollution exposure and the risk of an acute adverse health event. The design uses cases only; for each individual case, exposure just before the event is compared with exposure at other control (or "referent") times. Time-inv... | 0 |
87,813 | Health effects of a mixture of indoor air volatile organics, their ozone oxidation products, and stress | Fiedler, N; Laumbach, R; Kelly-Mcneil, K; Lioy, P; Fan, ZH; Zhang, J; Ottenweller, J; Ohman-Strickland, P; Kipen, H | 2,005 | In our present study we tested the health effects among women of controlled exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), with and without ozone (O3), and psychological stress. Each subject was exposed to the following three conditions at 1-week intervals (within-subject factor): VOCs (26 mg/m3), VOCs + O3 (26 mg/m3 ... | 0 |
140,025 | Nonparametric factorial analysis of daily weigh-in-motion traffic: Implications for the ozone weekend effect in Southern California | Gao, OH; Holmen, BA; Niemeier, DA | 2,005 | Abstract: The Ozone Weekend Effect (OWE) has become increasingly more frequent and widespread in southern California since the mid-1970s. Although a number of hypotheses have been suggested to explain the effect, there remains uncertainty associated with the root factors contributing to elevated weekend ozone concentra... | 0 |
87,880 | Inhalation of concentrated ambient particulate matter near a heavily trafficked road stimulates antigen-induced airway responses in mice | Kleinman, M; Sioutas, C; Stram, D; Froines, J; Cho, A; Chakrabarti, B; Hamade, A; Meacher, D; Oldham, M | 2,005 | The goal of this study was to test the following hypotheses: (1) exposure to mobile emissions from mobile sources close to a heavily trafficked roadway will exacerbate airway inflammation and allergic airway responses in a sensitized mouse model, and (2) the magnitude of allergic airway disease responses will decrease ... | 0 |
651,885 | Repeated doses of UVR cause minor alteration in cytokine serum levels in humans | Narbutt, J; Lesiak, A; Skibinska, M; Wozniacka, A; Sysa-Jedrzejowska, A; Lukamowicz, J; van Loveren, H | 2,005 | The aim of our study was to compare serum concentration of IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-alpha in 105 healthy volunteers before and after exposure to UVR: 25 subjects (10 days of UVB), 55 (10 days of UVB or solar-simulated radiation, followed by acute UVB dose), and 25 (local high dose of UVB). In all the indivi... | 0 |
651,899 | Model of risk of cortical cataract in the US population with exposure to increased ultraviolet radiation due to stratospheric ozone depletion | West, SK; Longstreth, JD; Munoz, BE; Pitcher, HM; Duncan, DD | 2,005 | The authors modeled the possible consequences for US cataract incidence of increases in ultraviolet B radiation due to ozone depletion. Data on the dose-response relation between ocular exposure to ultraviolet B radiation and cortical cataract were derived from a population-based study (the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Pro... | 0 |
694,636 | On health effects of ozone exposure and exposing the epidemiologic process | Editors | 2,005 | null | 0 |
199,259 | New Directions: Discussion of "A new generation of ozone critical levels for the protection of vegetation in Europe" by Ashmore et al. Reply | Ashmore, M; Emberson, L; Karlsson, PE; Pleijel, H | 2,005 | null | 0 |
103,456 | Meteorologically adjusted urban air quality trends in the Southwestern United States | Wise, EK; Comrie, AC | 2,005 | Cities in the Southwestern United States (Southwest) are often close to violating tropospheric ozone (ozone) and particulate matter (PM) federal air quality standards, and local climate and weather conditions play a large part in determining whether or not pollutant levels exceed the federally mandated limits and by wh... | 1 |
199,209 | Regulation of salicylic acid synthesis in ozone-exposed tobacco and Arabidopsis | Ogawa, D; Nakajima, N; Sano, T; Tamaoki, M; Aono, M; Kubo, A; Kamada, H; Saji, H | 2,005 | Ozone, a major photochemical oxidant, induces leaf injury. Salicylic acid (SA) is a kind of plant hormone and an important regulator of plant resistance to pathogens. In ozone-exposed plants, SA participates in both the formation of leaf injury and the defense response. In pathogen-infected plants, SA is synthesized vi... | 0 |
669,164 | Simultaneous retrievals of column ozone and aerosol optical properties
from direct and diffuse solar irradiance measurements | Goering, CD; L'Ecuyer, TS; Stephens, GL; Slusser, , JR; Scott, G; Davis, J; Barnard, JC; Madronich, S | 2,005 | A retrieval technique has been developed to simultaneously determine column ozone amounts and aerosol optical properties using surface observations of solar ultraviolet direct normal and diffuse horizontal irradiance from a multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer. The retrieval consists of a Bayesian scheme involvin... | 0 |
93,262 | Air pollution and daily hospitalization rates for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in London, Ontario | Fung, KY; Luginaah, I; Gorey, KM; Webster, G | 2,005 | In this paper, we examine the role that ambient air pollution plays in exacerbating cardiovascular and respiratory disease hospitalization in London, Ontario from 1 November 1995 to 31 December 2000. The number of daily cardiac and respiratory admissions was linked to concentrations of air pollutants (sulphur dioxide, ... | 0 |
187,005 | Effects of elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3 on leaf litter production and chemistry in trembling aspen and paper birch communities | Liu, L; King, J; Giardina, C | 2,005 | Human activities are increasing the concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO2]) and tropospheric ozone ([O3]), potentially leading to changes in the quantity and chemical quality of leaf litter inputs to forest soils. Because the quality and quantity of labile and recalcitrant carbon (C) compounds influence fo... | 1 |
628,556 | Regulation of lung injury and repair by Toll-like receptors and hyaluronan | Jiang, D; Liang, J; Fan, J; Yu, S; Chen, S; Luo, Y; Prestwich, GD; Mascarenhas, MM; Garg, HG; Quinn, DA; Homer, RJ; Goldstein, DR; Bucala, R; Lee, PJ; Medzhitov, R; Noble, PW | 2,005 | Mechanisms that regulate inflammation and repair after acute lung injury are incompletely understood. The extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan is produced after tissue injury and impaired clearance results in unremitting inflammation. Here we report that hyaluronan degradation products require MyD88 and bo... | 1 |
191,401 | A field system to deliver desired O3 concentrations in leaf-level gas exchange measurements: results for Holm oak near a CO2 spring | Grulke, NE; Paoletti, E | 2,005 | Conventional gas exchange systems adsorb ozone (O-3) despite attempts to saturate the system prior to measurements. A steady-state, open photosynthetic system was designed and used in the field to supply a small leaf cuvette with conditioned air stream (growth CO2 concentrations, humidified, cooled) and augmented with ... | 0 |
87,951 | Long-term exposure to background air pollution related to respiratory and allergic health in schoolchildren | Penard-Morand, C; Charpin, D; Raherison, C; Kopferschmitt, C; Caillaud, D; Lavaud, F; Annesi-Maesano, I | 2,005 | #BACKGROUND: The impact of air pollution on asthma and allergies still remains a debate. OBJECTIVE: Our cross-sectional study was intended to analyse the associations between long-term exposure to background air pollution and atopic and respiratory outcomes in a large population-based sample of schoolchildren. METHODS:... | 1 |
89,877 | The incidence of respiratory symptoms and diseases among pulp mill workers with peak exposures to ozone and other irritant gases | Henneberger, PK; Olin, AC; Andersson, E; Hagberg, S; Toren, K | 2,005 | OBJECTIVES: Pulp mills in Sweden started to use ozone as a bleaching agent in the early 1990s. The goal of this study was to investigate whether the incidence of selected respiratory outcomes was associated with peak exposures to ozone or other irritant gases (ie, chlorine dioxide [ClO2] or sulfur dioxide [SO2]) used i... | 0 |
191,224 | Anthropogenic changes in tropospheric composition increase susceptibility of soybean to insect herbivory | Hamilton, JG; Dermody, O; Aldea, M; Zangerl, AR; Rogers, A; Berenbaum, MR; Delucia, EH | 2,005 | Increased concentrations of CO2 and ozone are predicted to lower nutritional quality of leaves for insect herbivores, which may increase herbivory as insects eat more to meet their nutritional demands. To test this prediction, we measured levels of herbivory in soybean grown in ambient air and air enriched with CO2 or ... | 1 |
89,777 | A miniaturized active sampler for the assessment of personal exposure to nitrogen dioxide | Staimer, N; Delfino, RJ; Bufalino, C; Fine, PM; Sioutas, C; Kleinman, MT | 2,005 | A personalized, miniaturized air sampling system was evaluated to estimate the daily exposure of pediatric asthmatics to nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The lightweight device (170 g) uses a sampling pump connected to a solid sorbent tube containing triethanolamine (TEA)-impregnated molecular sieve. The pump is powered by a 9 ... | 0 |
155,313 | Additive effect of diesel exhaust particulates and ozone on airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in a mouse model of asthma | Jang, AS; Choi Inseon, S; Takizawa, H; Rhim, T; Lee, JH; Park, SW; Park, CS | 2,005 | Allergic airway diseases are related to exposure to atmospheric pollutants, which have been suggested to be one factor in the increasing prevalence of asthma. Little is known about the effect of ozone and diesel exhaust particulates (DEP) on the development or aggravation of asthma. We have used a mouse asthma model to... | 0 |
87,538 | Chronic exposure to ambient ozone and lung function in young adults | Tager, IB; Balmes, J; Lurmann, F; Ngo, L; Alcorn, S; Kunzli, N | 2,005 | Background: Tropospheric ozone (O3) is an oxidant, outdoor air pollutant. Chronic exposure has been associated with decreased lung function in children and adolescents. This study investigated the effects of long-term exposure to O3 on lung function in college freshmen.
Methods: We recruited University of California, ... | 1 |
93,009 | Quantifying CO emissions from the 2004 Alaskan wildfires using MOPITT CO data | Pfister, G; Hess, PG; Emmons, LK; Lamarque, JF; Wiedinmyer, C; Edwards, DP; Petron, G; Gille, JC; Sachese, GW | 2,005 | We present an inverse model analysis to quantify the emissions of wildfires in Alaska and Canada in the summer of 2004 using carbon monoxide (CO) data from the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) remote sensing instrument together with the chemistry transport model MOZART (Model for Ozone and Related ... | 1 |
655,489 | The role of UVB and vitamin D in reducing the risk of cancer | Grant, WB; Garland, CF | 2,005 | The primary objective of this work was to determine the role of solar UVB irradiance in the U.S. as a risk reduction factor for cancer. The secondary objective was to link the
geographic variations of cancer mortality rates to various risk factors. An epidemiological study was performed for over 20 types of cancer usin... | 0 |
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