Environmental risk of particulate and soluble platinum group elements released from gasoline and diesel engine catalytic converters

…, P Schramel, M Zischka, C Pettersson, U Wass… - Science of the Total …, 2002 - Elsevier
A comparison of platinum-group element (PGE) emission between gasoline and diesel
engine catalytic converters is reported within this work. Whole raw exhaust fumes from four …

Levels and risk assessment for humans and ecosystems of platinum-group elements in the airborne particles and road dust of some European cities

…, P Schramel, M Zischka, C Petterson, U Wass - Science of the Total …, 2002 - Elsevier
Traffic is the main source of platinum-group element (PGE) contamination in populated
urban areas. There is increasing concern about the hazardous effects of these new …

Platinum-group elements: quantification in collected exhaust fumes and studies of catalyst surfaces

…, P Schramel, S Lustig, M Zischka, U Wass… - Science of the Total …, 2000 - Elsevier
Automotive catalytic converters, in which Pt, Pd and Rh (platinum-group elements; PGEs)
are the active components for eliminating several noxious components from exhaust fumes …

Asthma, rhinitis, and dermatitis in workers exposed to reactive dyes.

R Nilsson, R Nordlinder, U Wass, B Meding… - Occupational and …, 1993 - oem.bmj.com
A survey was conducted at 15 textile plants with dyehouses in western Sweden. Employees
with a history of work related rhinitis, asthma, or skin symptoms were offered a clinical and …

Importance of automobile exhaust catalyst emissions for the deposition of platinum, palladium, and rhodium in the northern hemisphere

…, B Peucker-Ehrenbrink, U Wass - … science & technology, 2005 - ACS Publications
An estimated 500 million vehicles worldwide are equipped with an exhaust catalyst that
uses platinum group elements (PGE) as the main active components and thus contribute to …

Efficiency of automotive cabin air filters to reduce acute health effects of diesel exhaust in human subjects.

B Rudell, U Wass, P Hörstedt, JO Levin… - Occupational and …, 1999 - oem.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficiency of different automotive cabin air filters to prevent
penetration of components of diesel exhaust and thereby reduce biomedical effects in …

Amines: possible causative agents in the development of bronchial hyperreactivity in workers manufacturing polyurethanes from isocyanates.

L Belin, U Wass, G Audunsson… - Occupational and …, 1983 - oem.bmj.com
Investigations of respiratory symptoms among workers in a factory producing polyurethane
foam included measurement of air pollution with amines and isocyanates and a …

Immunologic specificity of isocyanate-induced IgE antibodies in serum from 10 sensitized workers

U Wass, L Belin - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 1989 - Elsevier
A procedure for the preparation of RAST disks used to assay isocyanate-specific IgE
antibodies was developed. The outcome of the RAST was found to be strongly dependent …

Chromated steel and contact allergy: recommendation concerning a “threshold limit value” for the release of hexavalent chromium

U Wass, JE Wahlberg - Contact Dermatitis, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Steel surfaces can be treated with zinc and chromates to prevent the steel from rusting.
Cases of allergic contact dermatitis due to the release of hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) from …

Overview of the european" particulates" project on the characterization of exhaust particulate emissions from road vehicles: Results for heavy duty engines

…, L Ntziachristos, Z Samaras, P Aakko, U Wass… - SAE transactions, 2004 - JSTOR
This paper presents an overview of the results on heavy duty engines collected in the"
PARTICULATES" project, which aimed at the characterization of exhaust particle emissions …