Search Results - "Vasconcellos, Pérola"

Particulate pollutants in the Brazilian city of São Paulo: 1-year investigation for the chemical composition and source apportionment by Pereira, Guilherme Martins, Teinilä, Kimmo, Custódio, Danilo, Gomes Santos, Aldenor, Xian, Huang, Hillamo, Risto, Alves, Célia A., Bittencourt de Andrade, Jailson, Olímpio da Rocha, Gisele, Kumar, Prashant, Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar, Andrade, Maria de Fátima, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola

“…São Paulo in Brazil has relatively relaxed regulations for ambient air pollution standards and often experiences high air pollution levels due to emissions of…”
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Nrf2 positively regulates autophagy antioxidant response in human bronchial epithelial cells exposed to diesel exhaust particles by Frias, Daniela Perroni, Gomes, Raquel Labiapari Nunes, Yoshizaki, Kelly, Carvalho-Oliveira, Regiani, Matsuda, Monique, Junqueira, Mara de Souza, Teodoro, Walcy Rosolia, Vasconcellos, Pérola de Castro, Pereira, Daniela Cristina de Almeida, Conceição, Paulo Roberto da, Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento, Mauad, Thais, Macchione, Mariangela

“…Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) are known to generate reactive oxygen species in the respiratory system, triggering cells to activate antioxidant defence…”
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Biomass burning in the Amazon region: Aerosol source apportionment and associated health risk assessment by de Oliveira Alves, Nilmara, Brito, Joel, Caumo, Sofia, Arana, Andrea, de Souza Hacon, Sandra, Artaxo, Paulo, Hillamo, Risto, Teinilä, Kimmo, Batistuzzo de Medeiros, Silvia Regina, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola

“…The Brazilian Amazon represents about 40% of the world's remaining tropical rainforest. However, human activities have become important drivers of disturbance…”
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Pesticides in the atmosphere of urban sites with different characteristics by Yera, Aleinnys M.Barredo, Vasconcellos, Pérola C.

“…São Paulo, Brazil, is the greatest pesticide consumer, and associated health problems in local population have already been described. PM2.5 samples were…”
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Evolution of Vehicle Emission Factors in a Megacity Affected by Extensive Biofuel Use: Results of Tunnel Measurements in São Paulo, Brazil by Nogueira, Thiago, Kamigauti, Leonardo Yoshiaki, Pereira, Guilherme Martins, Gavidia-Calderón, Mario E, Ibarra-Espinosa, Sergio, Oliveira, Guilherme Librete de, Miranda, Regina Maura de, Vasconcellos, Pérola de Castro, Freitas, Edmilson Dias de, Andrade, Maria de Fatima

“…Since 2001, four emission measurement campaigns have been conducted in multiple traffic tunnels in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil, an area with a fleet of…”
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Particulate matter–bound organic compounds: levels, mutagenicity, and health risks by Caumo, Sofia, Yera, Aleinnys B., Vicente, Ana, Alves, Célia, Roubicek, Deborah A., de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola

“…Increased industrialization and consumption of fossil fuels in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP), Brazil, have caused a growth of the particulate…”
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Biomass burning particles in the Brazilian Amazon region: Mutagenic effects of nitro and oxy-PAHs and assessment of health risks by de Oliveira Galvão, Marcos Felipe, de Oliveira Alves, Nilmara, Ferreira, Paula Anastácia, Caumo, Sofia, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola, Artaxo, Paulo, de Souza Hacon, Sandra, Roubicek, Deborah Arnsdorff, Batistuzzo de Medeiros, Silvia Regina

“…Emissions from burning of biomass in the Amazon region have adverse effects on the environment and human health. Herein, particulate matter (PM) emitted from…”
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Inflammation response, oxidative stress and DNA damage caused by urban air pollution exposure increase in the lack of DNA repair XPC protein by de Oliveira Alves, Nilmara, Martins Pereira, Guilherme, Di Domenico, Marlise, Costanzo, Giovanna, Benevenuto, Sarah, de Oliveira Fonoff, Adriana M., de Souza Xavier Costa, Natália, Ribeiro Júnior, Gabriel, Satoru Kajitani, Gustavo, Cestari Moreno, Natália, Fotoran, Wesley, Iannicelli Torres, Janaína, de Andrade, Jailson Bittencourt, Matera Veras, Mariana, Artaxo, Paulo, Menck, Carlos Frederico Martins, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola, Saldiva, Paulo

“…•PM2.5 inflammatory response has been studied on mice with or without XPC protein.•XPC-knockout mice show an increased oxidative stress response to PM2.5…”
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Physicochemical characterization of winter PM10 aerosol impacted by sugarcane burning from São Paulo city, Brazil by Caumo, Sofia E.S., Claeys, Magda, Maenhaut, Willy, Vermeylen, Reinhilde, Behrouzi, Shabnam, Safi Shalamzari, Mohammad, Vasconcellos, Pérola C.

“…Atmospheric particulate matter samples (PM10) were collected at an urban site in São Paulo (SPA) city in winter episodes of 2012 and 2013. Several organic…”
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Particulate matter fingerprints in biofuel impacted tunnels in South America's largest metropolitan area by Pereira, Guilherme Martins, Nogueira, Thiago, Kamigauti, Leonardo Yoshiaki, Monteiro dos Santos, Djacinto, Nascimento, Emerson Queiroz Mota, Martins, José Vinicius, Vicente, Ana, Artaxo, Paulo, Alves, Célia, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola, de Fatima Andrade, Maria

“…This study characterized the chemical composition of particulate matter (PM) from light- (LDV) and heavy-duty (HDV) vehicles based on two traffic tunnel…”
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Chemical markers of biomass burning: Determination of levoglucosan, and potassium in size-classified atmospheric aerosols collected in Buenos Aires, Argentina by different analytical techniques by Achad, Mariana, Caumo, Sofía, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola, Bajano, Héctor, Gómez, Darío, Smichowski, Patricia

“…A study concerning the identification and quantification of key chemical markers of biomass burning namely, levoglucosan and potassium in size-fractionated…”
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Determination of anthropogenic and biogenic compounds on atmospheric aerosol collected in urban, biomass burning and forest areas in São Paulo, Brazil by Vasconcellos, Pérola C, Souza, Davi Z, Sanchez-Ccoyllo, Odon, Bustillos, José Oscar V, Lee, Helena, Santos, Fernando C, Nascimento, Katia H, Araújo, Maria P, Saarnio, Karri, Teinilä, Kimmo, Hillamo, Risto

“…This study was conducted at three sites of different characteristics in São Paulo State: São Paulo (SPA), Piracicaba (PRB) and Mata Atlântica Forest (MAT). PM…”
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Application of an in vitro new approach methodology to determine relative cancer potency factors of air pollutants based on whole mixtures by de Oliveira Galvão, Marcos Felipe, Scaramboni, Caroline, Ünlü Endirlik, Burcu, Vieira Silva, Antero, Öberg, Mattias, Pozza, Simone Andréa, Watanabe, Tetsushi, de Oliveira Rodrigues, Poliany Cristiny, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola, Sadiktsis, Ioannis, Dreij, Kristian

“…Air pollution is an example of a complex environmental mixture with different biological activities, making risk assessment challenging. Current cancer risk…”
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Occurrence of Pesticides Associated to Atmospheric Aerosols: Hazard and Cancer Risk Assessments by Yera, Aleinnys, Nascimento, Madson, da Rocha, Gisele, de Andrade, Jaílson, Vasconcellos, Pérola

“…Since the 1950s, pesticides have been used in agriculture. The increase in their consumption has been observed in recent years. In this work, it was determined…”
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Organic compounds in particulate and gaseous phase collected in the neighbourhood of an industrial complex in São Paulo (Brazil) by Caumo, Sofia, Vicente, Ana, Custódio, Danilo, Alves, Célia, Vasconcellos, Pérola

“…São Paulo, a megacity in South America, is the largest consumer of fossil fuels in Brazil. The petrochemical products play an important role in the Brazilian…”
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Comparative study of the atmospheric chemical composition of three South American cities by Vasconcellos, Pérola C., Souza, Davi Z., Ávila, Simone G., Araújo, Maria P., Naoto, Edson, Nascimento, Kátia H., Cavalcante, Fernando S., Dos Santos, Marina, Smichowski, Patricia, Behrentz, Eduardo

“…PM10 samples were collected in 2008 at three sites in South America in the framework of an international project (South American Emissions Megacities, and…”
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Evaluation of DNA Methylation Changes and Micronuclei in Workers Exposed to a Construction Environment by Silva, Isana R, Ramos, Manoela C A S, Arantes, Lídia M R B, Lengert, André V H, Oliveira, Marco A, Cury, Fernanda P, Martins Pereira, Guilherme, Santos, Aldenor G, Barbosa, Jr, Fernando, Vasconcellos, Pérola C, Cuenin, Cyrille, Herceg, Zdenko, Silveira, Henrique C S

“…Methylation levels in tumor-suppressor genes and repetitive sequences have previously been used to study the relationship between environmental air pollution…”
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Carbonaceous components and major ions in PM10 from the Amazonian Basin by Custodio, Danilo, Alves, Célia, Jomolca, Yendry, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola

“…Air pollution mainly resulting from deforestation and agricultural activities has become one of the major concerns in the Amazonian Basin. A detailed analysis…”
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Chemical Oxidative Potential and Cellular Oxidative Stress from Open Biomass Burning Aerosol by Tuet, Wing Y, Liu, Fobang, de Oliveira Alves, Nilmara, Fok, Shierly, Artaxo, Paulo, Vasconcellos, Pérola, Champion, Julie A, Ng, Nga L

“…Particulate matter (PM) exposure is a leading global human health risk. In this study, water-soluble oxidative potential (OP) and intracellular reactive oxygen…”
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Characterization of cross-continental PM2.5: Insights into emissions and chemical composition by Scaramboni, Caroline, Farias, Camila Novais, de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola, Levi, Michael, Sadiktsis, Ioannis, Pozza, Simone Andréa, de Aragão Umbuzeiro, Gisela, Watanabe, Tetsushi, de Oliveira Rodrigues, Poliany Cristiny, Grandis, Adriana, Pagliuso, Débora, Buckeridge, Marcos Silveira, Campos, Maria Lucia Arruda Moura, Kippler, Maria, Dreij, Kristian, de Oliveira Galvão, Marcos Felipe

“…Atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a critical indicator of air quality, with substantial implications for human health. Understanding the emission…”
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