A5090540474- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Noise Effects and Management
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Chemical Safety and Risk Management
- Heavy metals in environment
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
- Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
University of Insubria
2016-2025
University of Florence
2018
Indoor size-fractioned particulate matter (PM) was measured in seven schools Milan, to characterize their concentration levels classrooms, compare the concentrations with recommended guideline values, and provide a preliminary assessment of efficacy intervention measures, based on guidelines developed by Italian Ministry Healthand applied mitigate exposure undesirable air pollutants. sampling performed from Monday morning Friday afternoon three classrooms each school repeated winter...
Air particulate matter (PM) is widely recognized for its potential to negatively affect human health, including changes in the upper respiratory microbiome. However, research on PM-associated microbiota remains limited and mostly focused PM (e.g., PM2.5 PM10). This study aims characterize first time microbiome of Total Suspended Particles (TSP) investigate correlations indoor TSP with Biological environmental samples were collected over three collection periods lasting weeks each, between...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the precision, accuracy, practicality, and potential uses a PM2.5 miniaturized monitor (MM) in exposure assessment. These monitors (AirBeam, HabitatMap) were compared with widely used direct-reading particulate matter gravimetric reference method for PM2.5. Instruments tested during 20 monitoring sessions that subdivided two different seasons performance sensors across various environmental meteorological conditions. Measurements performed at an urban...
Airborne particulate matter (PM) concentrations inside vehicle cabins are often extremely high compared to background levels. The present study was motivated by the fact that in last few decades, implementation of new emission standards has led reduction particle emissions. This addresses for first time relationship between leading (LV) emissions and in-cabin PM exposure levels immediately following (henceforth called - SV), with particular emphasis on role LV's technologies (e.g., diesel...
Particulate matter (PM) is an important player of indoor air quality and a topic great interest in terms public health. Deciphering the complex chemical composition PM critical to understand association between particles components wide range adverse health effects. Over last decades, advanced analytical instrumentation has been produced capable providing various levels information on features PM. This article reviews most promising these sophisticated techniques that could be employed...
Particulate matter (PM) is an important player in indoor air quality. Even though PM limit values are force for more than a decade Europe and reference methods well place ambient air, measuring concentration still remains challenge standardizing measurement protocol complex. As people stay most of their time indoors, great interest terms public health, as can be drastically different to the one outdoors. This review aims provide key information monitoring communities, better understand...
The objective of this study is to evaluate the accuracy and robustness three exposure-modelling tools [STOFFENMANAGER® v.6, European Centre for Ecotoxicology Toxicology Chemical Target Risk Assessment v.3.1 (ECETOC TRA v.3.1), Advanced REACH Tool (ART v.1.5)], by comparing available measured data exposure organic solvents pesticides in occupational scenarios (ESs).Model was evaluated predicted values, expressed as an underestimation or overestimation factor (PRED/EXP), regression analysis....
To investigate the ambient mass concentration, size-distribution and temporal variability of atmospheric particulate matter (PM), a long-term monitoring campaign was undertaken at an urban background site in Como, Northern Italy, from May 2015 to March 2016. A 13-stage Low Pressure Impactor (DLPI) used for collection size-segregated particulates 0.028–10 µm size range. The results revealed good level agreement between DLPI co-located Harvard-type PM2.5 Impactor, allowing them be classified...
Several studies evaluating exposure to pollutants in microenvironments (MEs) are available the scientific literature, but that evaluate inhaled doses of few number. Therefore, this study aimed commuters different (i.e., nitrogen dioxide [NO2] and fractionated particulate matter [PM], including ultrafine particles [UFPs]) using miniaturized portable real-time monitoring instruments selected MEs; these were estimated for each MEs. Measurements performed along a typical commute, considering...
This study aimed to assess the performance, in terms of precision and accuracy, a prototype (called “P.ALP”—Ph.D. Air Quality Low-cost Project) developed for monitoring PM2.5 concentration levels. Four prototypes were co-located with reference instrumentation four different microenvironments simulating real-world working conditions, namely (i) office, (ii) home, (iii) outdoor, (iv) occupational environments. The devices evaluated total 20 days (approximately 168 h) under wide range...
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) represent one of the most important categories pollutants, influencing air quality and human health well-being in indoor environments. In present study, 12 selected VOCs were sampled using Tenax TA tubes analyzed by thermal desorption combined with gas chromatography a flame ionization detector (TD-GC-FID). The TD-GC-FID method was optimized to obtain separation all analytical peaks (including m- p-xylene) satisfactory sensitivity, low detection (between...
During rush hours, commuters are exposed to high concentrations and peaks of traffic-related air pollutants. The aims this study were therefore extend the inhaled dose estimation outcomes from a previous work investigating typical commuter in city Milan, Italy, these results wider population. pollutants by deposited within respiratory tract could be useful help choosing modes transport with lowest exposure increase their awareness regarding topic. In addition, provide information policy...