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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54079#.VO1rVSzQrzE Author(s)  Jaesung Choi 1 , Yong Shin Park 1 , Ju Dong Park 1*   Affiliation(s) Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA . ABSTRACT For the past couple of decades, the transportation sector has made efforts to preserve and improve air quality for public health and sustainable growth between current and future generations. An easily understandable tool to measure the level of air pollution in the transportation sector by considering multiple air pollutants together might raise awareness about clean air to the public, practitioners, state policy planners, and the government. For this reason, this study develops an aggregate air quality index to help prepare decision makers, which could rank a state according to the different levels of multiple air pollutants. The index is developed for...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53846#.VNhbjyzQrzE Author(s) Mahmoud M. M. Abdel-Salam *   Affiliation(s) Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt . ABSTRACT <span "="">Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, has been found to be related to serious adverse health effects. Accurate estimation of air pollution exposure has become very important to suggest proper air pollution control policies and to further assess the effectiveness of these policies. In many instances, personal exposures have been found to be greater than concentrations measured at fixed site monitoring stations. As people spend most of their time indoors particularly during harsh weather conditions, it is necessary to consider indoor air quality in exposure assessment studies. The current paper focuses on the importance of personal exposure assessment based o...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52014#.VH5pOWfHRK0 Author(s) Faye Anderson * , Arch Carson , Lawrence Whitehead , Keith Burau Affiliation(s) Texas A & M AgriLIFE Research Center at Beaumont, Texas, USA . ABSTRACT Researchers have reported statistically significant associations between air pollutants and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, few studies have investigated the acute cardiovascular effects of joint exposure to Ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in a location so distinctive like Harris County. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between the joint exposure to O3 and PM2.5, and emergency room diagnosis ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51056#.VFMBImfHRK0 Author(s) Aouragh Leila 1* , Bourmada Noureddine 2 Affiliation(s) 1 LRNAT Laboratory, Institute of Hygiene and Industrial Security, University of Batna, Batna, Algeria . 2 LARPI Laboratory, Institute of Hygiene and Industrial Security, University of Batna, Batna, Algeria . ABSTRACT Rapid urbanisation brings about increase in air pollution. These emissions are generally linked to the production of energy, to industrial activities and to transport in the densely inhabited areas. Estimating the pollutants quantities released in the air is an important stage in the evaluation of air quality. However, the problem of air ...