Volume 4, Number 8A, August 2013 (Special Issue on Air Pollution)

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Association between Air Cane Field Burning Pollution and Respiratory Diseases: A Bayesian Approach

Jorge Alberto Achcar, Mayara Piani Luna da Silva Sicchieri, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez

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DOI: 10.4236/jep.2013.48A1018  3,576 Downloads  4,717 Views   Citations

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The Misinterpretation of Pigouvian Taxes

Annegrete Bruvoll

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Temperature Inversions, Meteorological Variables and Air Pollutants and Their Influence on Acute Respiratory Disease in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Zone, Jalisco, Mexico

Hermes U. Ramírez-Sánchez, Mario E. García-Guadalupe, Héctor H. Ulloa-Gódinez, Ángel R. Meulenert-Peña, Omar García-Concepción, Jaime Alcalá Gutierrez, Sarahi J. Lizarraga Brito

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DOI: 10.4236/jep.2013.48A1016  4,103 Downloads  5,420 Views   Citations

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Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Surface Coating Facilities: Characterization of Facilities, Estimation of Emission Rates, and Dispersion Modeling of Off-Site Impacts

Annabrabha Athappan, Sulak Sumitsawan, Roja Haritha Gangupomu, Ketwalee Kositkanawuth, Parthen Parikh, Benjamin Afotey, Neelesh Sule, Sahithi Raj Kalidindi, Melanie L. Sattler, Yvette Pearson Weatherton

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Air Pollution and Epigenetics

Aleena Syed, Kinjal Hew, Arunima Kohli, Greg Knowlton, Kari C. Nadeau

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Comparison of Pine Needles and Mosses as Bio-Indicators for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Yoshitaka Oishi

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DOI: 10.4236/jep.2013.48A1013  3,661 Downloads  5,646 Views   Citations

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Real-Time Air Monitoring of Trichloroethylene and Tetrachloroethylene Using Mobile TAGA Mass Spectrometry

Nicholas S. Karellas, Qingfeng Chen

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DOI: 10.4236/jep.2013.48A1012  3,947 Downloads  5,909 Views   Citations

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Air Quality Impacts of Smallholder Oil Palm Processing in Nigeria

Elijah I. Ohimain, Sylvester C. Izah, Stephen O. Abah

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Measurement of Emissions from a Passenger Truck Fueled with Biodiesel from Different Feedstocks

Natchanok Pala-En, Melanie Sattler, Brian H. Dennis, Victoria C. P. Chen, Rachel L. Muncrief

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Effects of Gasoline Inhalation on Menstrual Characteristics and the Hormonal Profile of Female Petrol Pump Workers

Christopher E. Ekpenyong, Koofreh Davies, Nyebuk Daniel

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An Analytical Formulation for Pollutant Dispersion Simulation in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Glênio A. Gonçalves, Regis S. de Quadros, Daniela Buske

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Chemical Composition, Fluxes and Seasonal Variation of Acid Deposition in Carmen Island, Campeche, Mexico

R. M. Cerón, J. G. Cerón, C. G. Carballo, C. A. Aguilar, C. Montalvo, J. A. Benítez, Y. J. Villareal, M. M. Gómez

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Diurnal and Seasonal Variation of BTX in Ambient air of One Urban Site in Carmen City, Campeche, Mexico

J. G. Cerón, E. Ramírez, R. M. Cerón, C. Carballo, C. Aguilar, U. López, A. Ramírez, Y. Gracia, D. Naal, A. Campero, J. Guerra, E. Guevara

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Artificial Neural Network Modeling of Healthy Risk Level Induced by Aircraft Pollutant Impacts around Soekarno Hatta International Airport

Salah Khardi, Jermanto Setia Kurniawan, Irwan Katili, Setyo Moersidik

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California’s Agriculture-Related Local Air Pollution Policy

C.-Y. Cynthia Lin

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DOI: 10.4236/jep.2013.48A1004  4,189 Downloads  5,684 Views   Citations

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An Analytical Air Pollution Model with Time Dependent Eddy Diffusivity

Tiziano Tirabassi, Marco Túllio Vilhena, Daniela Buske, Gervásio Annes Degrazia

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Statistical Model for Estimating Carbon Dioxide Emissions from a Light-Duty Gasoline Vehicle

Benjamin Afotey, Melanie Sattler, Stephen P. Mattingly, Victoria C. P. Chen

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When Air Quality Becomes Deleterious—A Case Study for Kigali, Rwanda

Sascha M. Henninger

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