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NYU Dataset
PM2.5 Concentration and Composition in Subway Systems in the Northeastern United States
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- David G. LuglioMaria KatsigeorgisJade HessRebecca Kim7 more author(s)...
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To examine the air quality in metropolitan subway systems in the United States, investigators collected air samples from 71 stations across 12 transit lines in New York City (NYC), Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC during rush-hour periods. Samples of particulate matter (PM) and black carbon (BC) were collected from the Philadelphia transit system in 2015; all others were collected between June...
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Exposure Assessment of Emissions from Mobile Food Carts on New York City Streets
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- Kamrun NaharMd Mostafijur RahmanAmna RajaGeorge Thurston1 more author(s)...
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To study emissions from mobile food carts in New York City, investigators sampled the air quality around 19 food carts which used propane, charcoal, or a combination of propane and charcoal as cooking fuels. Food cart emissions were compared to air sampling at control sites located upwind and at least 100 meters away from the food carts under study. The study data includes real-time concentrations...
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- 2019
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Generation R
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- Vincent W. V. JaddoeGeneration R Study Group
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Generation R is an ongoing prospective cohort study of child development from the prenatal period through young adulthood in a multi-ethnic population recruited from the Rotterdam, Netherlands metropolitan area. The study enrolled 9,778 mothers with a delivery date between April 2002 and January 2006; they had 9,749 live births. The primary objective of the study is to identify early environmental...
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- Akhgar Ghassabian
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An Assessment of the Ocular Toxicity of Two Major Sources of Environmental Exposure
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- Steven H. RauchmanLora J. KasselmanAnkita SrivastavaJoshua De Leon1 more author(s)...
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These data contain information on chemicals released in to the air from burn pits in Iraq (waste disposal areas for US military bases) and the 2023 Ohio train derailment in East Palestine. The goals of the study were to 1) predict the effects of exposure to these chemicals on the ocular surface and 2) to call attention to the relationship between environmental events and long-term damage to the surface...
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