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Endotoxin activity determination is a common tool and a surrogate marker for bioaerosol assessment and is used at workplaces especially for this purpose. The reliability of the methods used for quantification in airborne dust samples is important...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are of particular relevance for occupational safety and environmental protection due to their ubiquitous occurrence in everyday life and at various workplaces and their persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic...

For the assessment of the exposure to hazardous substances at the workplace, the German technical rules for hazardous substances require that concentration peaks must be evaluated in addition to the shift exposure. Since in addition to the exposure...

The use of the DiSCmini has developed considerably in the context of evaluating inhalation exposure to nanoparticles. This article presents the results obtained during measurement campaigns at workplaces. A few examples describe the applicability of...

The relevance of sun exposure on human health is ambivalent: depending on the dose of radiation affecting the organism, the ultraviolet part (UV) of solar radiation can have positive or negative impacts. Aimed at the prevention of skin cancer and...

As part of the DZSF research project “Emissions and concentration from rail traffic – air pollution monitoring and dispersion calculation” (DZSF: German Centre for Rail Traffic Research), available measurement and activity data for the...

When determining the concentration of chemical agents in the air at workplaces, there are fundamental requirements for the performance of measurement methods and thus also for their measurement uncertainty. In order to assess the quality and...

In this study, stem disks originating from three height levels of two trees from the Carinthian Lavant Valley were examined to assess possible changes in the mercury concentrations contained in their stem wood (without bark) with stem height....

In a field study, different work areas in German companies from ethylene oxide production, distribution and application were investigated with regard to their ethylene oxide exposures. Among other things, these measurements served to test the...

The aim was to determine 1st the trends in metal and nitrogen accumulation in mosses between 1990 and 2005 and 2020 in Germany, respectively, and 2nd the effect of tree canopy cover on element accumulation. For the trend analysis, the minimum sample...

For the two-part article with a total of 199 citations, a large number of publications on ultrafine particulate matter (UFP) in indoor environments were sighted. Only private dwellings were considered. The information contained in the respective...

Plant bioindicators can not only be used very effectively for polluter identification and range estimation, but also in the subsequent „aftercare“, when emission reduction measures have been implemented at industrial plants or entire parts of...