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- Orru, Hans, et al.
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Metallic Fumes at Indoor Military Shooting Ranges : Lead, Copper, Nickel, and Zinc in Different Fractions of Airborne Particulate Matter
- 2018
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Ingår i: Propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics. - : Wiley. - 0721-3115 .- 1521-4087. ; 43:3, s. 228-233
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Small firearm shooting emits residues of energetic materials as well as heavy metals of different particle sizes into the air, posing a risk to human health. The current study assessed concentrations of Pb, Cu, Ni and Zn in 14 different size fractions of particulate matter at indoor military shooting ranges. Air samples were collected using ELPI+ over two hour period and filters analysed with ICP-MS and ICP-OES.
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- Orru, Kati, et al.
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Well-being and environmental quality : Does pollution affect life satisfaction?
- 2016
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Ingår i: Quality of Life Research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0962-9343 .- 1573-2649. ; 25:3, s. 699-705
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PURPOSE: We aimed to explore the effect of ambient air pollution on individual persons' levels of subjective well-being. Our research question was: to what extent is an individual's life satisfaction shaped by exposure to PM10?METHODS: We used regression models to analyse data on subjective well-being indicators from the last two waves of the European social survey (ESS) and detailed information on local levels of the air pollutant PM10.RESULTS: An increase in PM10 annual concentrations by 1 μg/m(3) was associated with a significant reduction in life satisfaction of .017 points on the ESS 10-point life satisfaction scale.CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that even in cases of relatively low levels of PM10 air pollution (mean annual concentration of 8.3 ± 3.9 μg/m(3)), in addition to the effects on physical health, exposure negatively affects subjective assessments of well-being.
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- Pindus, Mihkel, et al.
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Association Between Health Symptoms and Particulate Matter from Traffic and Residential Heating : Results from RHINE III in Tartu
- 2016
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Ingår i: Open Respiratory Medicine Journal. - : Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.. - 1874-3064. ; 10, s. 58-69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Traffic and residential heating are the main sources of particulate matter (PM) in Northern Europe. Wood is widely used for residential heating and vehicle numbers are increasing. Besides traffic exhaust, studded tires produce road dust that is the main source of traffic-related PM10. Several studies have associated total PM mass with health symptoms; however there has been little research on the effects of PM from specific sources.OBJECTIVE: To study the health effects resulting from traffic and local heating PM.METHODS: Data on respiratory and cardiac diseases were collected within the framework of RHINE III (2011/2012) in Tartu, Estonia. Respondents' geocoded home addresses were mapped in ArcGIS and linked with local heating-related PM2.5, traffic-related PM10 and total PM2.5 concentrations. Association between self-reported health and PM was assessed using multiple logistic regression analysis.RESULTS: The annual mean modelled exposure for local heating PM2.5 was 2.3 μg/m(3), for traffic PM10 3.3 μg/m(3) and for all sources PM2.5 5.6 μg/m(3). We found relationship between traffic induced PM10 as well as all sources induced PM2.5 with cardiac disease, OR=1.45 (95% CI 1.06-1.93) and 1.42 (95% CI 1.02-1.95), respectively. However, we did not find any significant association between residential heating induced particles and self-reported health symptoms. People with longer and better confirmed exposure period were also significantly associated with traffic induced PM10, all sources induced PM2.5 and cardiac diseases.CONCLUSION: Traffic-related PM10 and all sources induced PM2.5 associated with cardiac disease; whereas residential heating induced particles did not.
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