Professor Claire Horwell's Outputs (6)

Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions—Community Wearability Assessment of Respiratory Protection against Volcanic Ash from Mt Sinabung, Indonesia (2018)
Journal Article
Galea, K., Covey, J., Mutia Timur, S., Horwell, C., Nugroho, F., & Mueller, W. (2018). Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions—Community Wearability Assessment of Respiratory Protection against Volcanic Ash from Mt Sinabung, Indonesia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), Article 2359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112359

Inhalation of ash can be of great concern for affected communities, during and after volcanic eruptions. Governmental and humanitarian agencies recommend and distribute a variety of respiratory protection (RP), commonly surgical masks but, also, indu... Read More about Health Interventions in Volcanic Eruptions—Community Wearability Assessment of Respiratory Protection against Volcanic Ash from Mt Sinabung, Indonesia.

The effectiveness of respiratory protection worn by communities to protect from volcanic ash inhalation. Part I: Filtration efficiency tests (2018)
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Mueller, W., Horwell, C., Apsley, A., Steinle, S., McPherson, S., Cherrie, J., & Galea, K. (2018). The effectiveness of respiratory protection worn by communities to protect from volcanic ash inhalation. Part I: Filtration efficiency tests. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 221(6), 967-976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.03.012

During volcanic eruptions and their aftermath, communities may be concerned about the impacts of inhaling volcanic ash. Access to effective respiratory protection (RP) is therefore important for many people in volcanic areas all over the world. Howev... Read More about The effectiveness of respiratory protection worn by communities to protect from volcanic ash inhalation. Part I: Filtration efficiency tests.

Effectiveness of face masks used to protect Beijing residents against particulate air pollution (2018)
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Cherrie, J., Apsley, A., Cowie, H., Steinle, S., Mueller, W., Lin, C., …Loh, M. (2018). Effectiveness of face masks used to protect Beijing residents against particulate air pollution. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 75(6), 446-452. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2017-104765

Objectives Many residents in Beijing use disposable face masks in an attempt to protect their health from high particulate matter (PM) concentrations. Retail masks may be certified to local or international standards, but their real-life performance... Read More about Effectiveness of face masks used to protect Beijing residents against particulate air pollution.

The effectiveness of respiratory protection worn by communities to protect from volcanic ash inhalation; Part II: Total inward leakage tests (2018)
Journal Article
Steinle, S., Sleeuwenhoek, A., Mueller, W., Horwell, C., Apsley, A., Davis, A., …Galea, K. (2018). The effectiveness of respiratory protection worn by communities to protect from volcanic ash inhalation; Part II: Total inward leakage tests. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 221(6), 977-984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.03.011

Inhalation of ash can be of great concern for affected communities, during and after volcanic eruptions. Governmental and humanitarian agencies recommend and distribute a variety of respiratory protection (RP), most commonly surgical masks. However,... Read More about The effectiveness of respiratory protection worn by communities to protect from volcanic ash inhalation; Part II: Total inward leakage tests.

Respiratory hazard assessment of combined exposure to complete gasoline exhaust and respirable volcanic ash in a multicellular human lung model at the air-liquid interface (2018)
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Tomašek, I., Horwell, C., Bisig, C., Damby, D., Comte, P., Czerwinskid, J., …Rothen-Rutishauser, B. (2018). Respiratory hazard assessment of combined exposure to complete gasoline exhaust and respirable volcanic ash in a multicellular human lung model at the air-liquid interface. Environmental Pollution, 238, 977-987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.115

Communities resident in urban areas located near active volcanoes can experience volcanic ash exposures during, and following, an eruption, in addition to sustained exposures to high concentrations of anthropogenic air pollutants (e.g., vehicle exhau... Read More about Respiratory hazard assessment of combined exposure to complete gasoline exhaust and respirable volcanic ash in a multicellular human lung model at the air-liquid interface.

Volcanic Ash Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Murine and Human Macrophages (2018)
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Damby, D., Horwell, C., Baxter, P., Kueppers, U., Schnurr, M., Dingwell, D., & Duewell, P. (2018). Volcanic Ash Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Murine and Human Macrophages. Frontiers in Immunology, 8, Article 2000. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.02000

Volcanic ash is a heterogeneous mineral dust that is typically composed of a mixture of amorphous (glass) and crystalline (mineral) fragments. It commonly contains an abundance of the crystalline silica (SiO2) polymorph cristobalite. Inhalation of cr... Read More about Volcanic Ash Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Murine and Human Macrophages.