Session 14: Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution and Health - Room #1, Yingjie Exchange Center, Peking University

Monday, 29 October 2007 8:30 am to 12:00 pm

Chair: Luis Cifuentes, Catholic University of Chile and He Kebin, Tsinghua University

8:30

Population exposure modelling and the impact of PM on daily mortality

Luis Cifuentes, Chile

8:55

Indoor air quality of houses located in urban environment of Agra, India

Ajay Taneja, India

9:20

Toxicity of combustion-generated particles is modified by reaction with ozone

Amara Holder, USA

9:45

Leaves of orange Jasmine (Murraya paniculata) as indicators of airborne heavy metals in Bangkok, Thailand

Teerawet Titseesang, Thailand

10:10

Tea Break

10:25

Volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of Karachi 

Haider Khwaja, USA

10:50

The relationship between the vertical distribution of the Boundary Layer Ozone and preexisting NO x concentrations

Yousef Meslmani, Syria

11:15 BENMAP – US EPA’s benefits estimation tool for air quality management Scott Voorhees, USA 
11:40 Discussion