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The health effects from charcoal combustion on grill workers in Vientiane, Lao Peoples`s Democratic Republic
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Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
Investigation of the tropospheric ozone pollution in Johannesburg, South Africa through monitoring data, exceedances, diurnal cycles, seasonality, Ox chemistry and O3 production rates
This paper studied ground-level ozone and its precursors in Johannesburg to better understand O3 pollution and proposes further recommendations to enhance air quality management.
Keywords: Emissions, ozone (O3), air pollution, monitoring, precursors, atmosphere
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
The use of facile catalytic abatement to reduce domestic fuel burning emissions
This paper investigated the emissions that are likely to arise from domestic fuel burning and the available abatement technologies for the reduction of particulate emissions reported in the literature study. Keywords: Emissions, particulate matter, abatement, catalytic reduction, domestic fuel burn…
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
Association between household air pollution and pneumonia among children under five years of age, hospitalized in Kabul, Afghanistan.
This paper seeks to determine the influence of Household Air Pollution (HAP) factors on under 5 children’s Pneumonia in Afghanistan.
Keywords: Household air pollution, pneumonia, respiratory disease, environment, health
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
Monitoring and mapping noise levels at an university campus in India
This paper aimed to monitor and map the noise pollution in an educational institute and find out the sources of noise followed by identification of hot spots.
Keywords: Noise, noise mapping, noise sources, hot spot, Inverse distance weighted, control
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
Impact of brick kiln air pollution emissions on the pulmonary health of workers
This paper seeks to determine the concentration of workplace brick kiln air pollution, to assess the signs ad symptoms of respiratory problems under kiln workers, and to evaluate pulmonary function variables. Keywords: Brick kilns, emissions, pulmonary health, respiratory problems, Pakistan, lung f…
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
Epidemiology: Cholera
Cholera is an ancient communicable disease that still has relevance today in many impoverished communities around the world.
Keywords: Cholera ,Vibrio cholerae; Pandemics; Transmission; Epidemiology
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
A case study during the Diwali festival of the variations of black carbon and fine particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10) during firecrackers bursting episodes and biomass burning
This paper measured the Black Carbon (BC) and Particulate Matter (PM) during the Diwali festival in India during 3-7 November 2021 to determine the impact and the variations in Carbon Black and Particulate Matter emissions. Keywords: Black Carbon, Particulate Matter, Low-cost sensor, Human health, …
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
Reviewing sick building syndrome conditions through design and construction certification
This paper aimed at describing sources of indoor pollutant exposure and pollution movement that causes sick building syndrome and indoor depollution measures needed to be carried out during building design and construction. Keywords: Indoor air quality, pollution sources, health impacts, prevention…
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner
The use of dirty fuels by low-income households on the Mpumalanga Highveld
This paper aimed at reviewing available information on the use of dirty fuels by low-income households on the Highveld
Keywords: Domestic fuel use, dirty fuels, Highveld Priority Area, energy use patterns, particulate matter
Category: Environmental Health Practitioner