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Water-Soluble Anions in PM10 Samples Collected in the Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica: Temporal and Spatial Variations
(MDPI journals, 2021-09-28)
The concentrations of water-soluble anions present in PM10 collected from ambient air in
four sites of Costa Rica’s greater metropolitan area (GAM) were analyzed. Samples were collected
over a 24-h period for three days ...
Relations Between Bulk Precipitation, PM10 Composition and Meteorological Conditions in the Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica
(The Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 2012-02-06)
Concentrations of inorganic ions (Cl -, H +, SO 4 2-, NO 3 -, NH 4 +, Na +, K +, Ca 2+, Mg 2+) and metals (V, Ni, Cu, Pb, Cr Mn, Al, Fe) in bulk precipitation and PM 10 samples collected in the metropolitan area of Costa ...
Determination of carbonyls and their sources in three sites of the metropolitan area of Costa Rica, Central America
(Springer Science+Business Media B.V, 2011-03-02)
Ambient levels of carbonyl compounds
and their possible sources were studied at three
places in the metropolitan area of Costa Rica,
including a residential, an industrial, and a com mercial downtown area with high ...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in filterable PM2.5 emissions generated from regulated stationary sources in the metropolitan area of Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2017-09)
This study analyzed the profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in filterable PM2.5 particles collected from a total of 71 boilers and 22 indirect type furnaces that burn liquid and biomass fuels in the ...
Mortality and Cancer Incidence of Workers in Finnish Road Paving Companies
(Wiley-Liss, Inc., 2003)
Background This study, a component of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Multicentric Study on Cancer Risk Among European Asphalt Workers, aimed at identifying major mortality risks among workers in ...
Resultados de estudio: Contacto con plaguicidas y efecto en la salud respiratoria de las mujeres del territorio indígena
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2009)
Describe si el contacto con plaguicidas está relacionado con problemas de respiración como tos, falta de aire y silbidos en el pecho. En 2007 se entrevistó a mujeres con un cuestionario para saber cuánto contacto tenían ...
Workplace Carcinogen and Pesticide Exposures in Costa Rica
(Taylor & Francis, 2003)
The CAREX data system converts national workforce volumes and proportions of workers exposed to workplace carcinogens into numbers of exposed in 55 industrial categories. CAREX was adapted for Costa Rica for 27 carcinogens ...