Background Residential wood combustion is now recognized as a major particle source in
many developed countries, and the number of studies investigating the negative health …

Identifying the ambient particulate matter (PM) fractions or constituents, critically involved in
eliciting adverse health effects, is crucial to the implementation of more cost-efficient …

Globally, about 50% of all households and 90% of rural households use solid fuels (coal
and biomass) as the main domestic source of energy, thus exposing approximately 50% of …

Background This study explores and characterizes cell cycle alterations induced by urban
PM2. 5 in the human epithelial cell line BEAS-2B, and elucidates possible mechanisms …

The fine particle and gas emissions from the residential wood combustion (RWC) appear to
be a major contributor to winter-time pollution in Europe. In this study, we characterised the …

Abstract PM 2.5 and PM 10 samples were collected from road and semirural sites of Agra,
the north central part of India. The average mass concentration of PM 10 was …

In order to study the sustained impact of particulate matter on urban residents, 572 PM2. 5
and PM10 samples in all were attained simultaneously from a densely populated area of …

Background Although major concerns exist regarding the potential consequences of human
exposures to nanoscale carbon black (CB) particles, limited human toxicological data is …

Objectives Human exposure to wood smoke particles (WSP) impacts on human health
through changes in indoor air quality, exposures from wild fires, burning of biomass and air …

Fuel consumption is one of the major contributors to air pollution worldwide. Plenty of
studies have demonstrated that the diesel and petrol exhaust fine particulate matters (FPMs) …