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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. Luglio
    Maria Katsigeorgis
    Jade Hess
    Rebecca Kim
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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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  • NYU Dataset

    Exposure Assessment of Emissions from Mobile Food Carts on New York City Streets

    Authors
    Kamrun Nahar
    Md Mostafijur Rahman
    Amna Raja
    George Thurston
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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. Jaddoe
    Generation 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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