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References .......this page under construction................ 1. AQEG (2005) Particulate Matter in the United Kingdom . Defra, London ISBN 0-85521-143-1 http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/publications/particulate-matter/index.htm 2. Cardiovascular Disease and Air Pollution. Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP), Dept of Health , UK , 2005 http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/comeap/expertreview.htm 3. Long Term Exposure to Air Pollution: Effect on Mortality COMEAP, Department of Health, UK, 2008 http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/comeap/statementsreports/longtermeffectsmort2007.htm 4. The quantification of the effects of air pollution on health in the United Kingdom: COMEAP, Department of Health, UK, 1998, ISBN 0113221029 http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/comeap/statementsreports/airpol7.htm 5. 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Defra, January 2006, A Review of Bonfire Smoke Nuisance Controls, report compiled by NETCEN http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localenv/nuisance/smoke/pdf/bonfiresmoke-report.pdf 16. Food Standards Agency, 2001, COT statement on the tolerable daily intake for dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls Consideration of the TDI http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/cot-diox-epi.pdf Lay Summary http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/cot-diox-lay.pdf Statement http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/cot-diox-full.pdf 17. Defra May 2006 , (Enviros Consulting Limited), Emissions of dioxins and dioxin-like Polychlorinated Biphenyls from Domestic Sources http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/chemicals/pdf/dioxinsdomestic-final0605.pdf 18. Eurpean Dioxin Inventory (Results 0202/0203) residential plants / plants in agriculture, forestry and fishing pages 47 - 61 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/dioxin/pdf/stage1/domestic_combustion.pdf 19. Deborah Buckley-Golder (Project Manager), Peter Coleman, Mark Davies, Katie King, Anne Petersen, John Watterson, Mike Woodfield, Heidelore Fiedler, Annika Hanberg Compilation of EU Dioxin Exposure and Health Data, European Commission DG Environment and UK Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions (DETR), October 1999 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/dioxin/pdf/dioxin.pdf page for download: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/dioxin/download.htm 20. The European Dioxin Emission Inventory Stage II, Volume 1 pages 41 -50, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/dioxin/download.htm#stage2 21. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 69 Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-Dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/allmonos90.php (download page) 22. December 1998; Toxicological Profile for Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs); Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, USA http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp104.html (download page) ............................................................................. 23. Clancy L, Goodman P, Sinclair H, Dockery DW; Effects of air-polution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: an intervention study; The Lancet 2002; 360:1210-1214 http://www.thelancet.com 24. Annette Peters and C Arden Pope III; Cardiopulmonary mortality and air pollution ( a commentary); The Lancet 2002; 360:1184-1185 http://www.thelancet.com 25. Proposal on the use of bituminous coal and petcoke; Dept of the Environment, Ireland http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/Atmosphere/AirQuality/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,949,en.pdf 26. Agreement between Ireland's domestic solid fuel trade association and government http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/Atmosphere/AirQuality/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,1792,en.pdf 27. Anthony Johnson Medley, Chit-Ming Wong, Thuan Quoc Thach, Stefan Ma, Tai-Hing Lam, Hugh Ross Anderson; Cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality after restrictions on sulphur content of fuel in Hong Kong: an intervention study; The Lancet - 2002; Vol. 360, Issue 9346, 1646-1652 http://www.thelancet.com 28. Bert Brunekreef, Stephen T Holgate; Air pollution and health; The Lancet - 2002 Vol. 360, Issue 9341, Pages 1233-1242 http://www.thelancet.com For papers referring to the relation between indoor air quality and health: 40. Majid Ezzati; Indoor air pollution and health in developing countries; The Lancet 2005; 366:104-106 http://www.thelancet.com 41. Majid Ezzati, Daniel M Kammen; Indoor air pollution from biomass combustion and acute respiratory infections in Kenya: an exposure-response study; Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 109, Number 5, May 2001 http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2001/109p481-488ezzati/abstract.html 42. Edwards et al; Household CO and PM measured as part of a review of China’s National Improved Stove Program; Indoor Air 2007; 17: 189–203 http://www.isiaq.org/ For papers relating to Christchurch, New Zealand and to New Zealand in general: 50. Chiodo et al, Health Effects of Eleven Hazardous Air Contaminants and Recommended Evaluation Criteria, Air Quality Technical Report 13 for New Zealand Ministry of the Environment, October 2000 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/air/11-hazardous-air-oct00.html 51. Various authors, Ambient Air Quality Guidelines, Air Quality Report 32 for Ministry of the Environment, New Zealand, May 2002 52. Mallet, T; Scott, A (2002): "Options for setting particulate emissions criteria for home heating appliances", Report No. R02/28, Environment Canterbury. 53. Fisher et al; Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand: Christchurch Pilot Study, August 2005 54. Mayurie Gunathilaka; Results of Hazardous Air Pollutant Monitoring in Christchurch, Report R01/31; October 2001 http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Plans+and+Reports/Air/Hazardous+Air+Pollutant+Monitoring.htm 55. Mayurie Gunathilaka; Investigation of street level monitoring of carbon monoxide in Christchurch (1993-2001), Report U02/66; August 2002 56. Lamb; Household solid fuel heating: 2002 Christchurch home heating diary panel; Report U05/35; Environment Canterbury; June 2005 57. Myles McCauley; Concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene in ambient air, Christchurch, 2004/2005; Report R05/21; Environment Canterbury; July 2005 http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Plans+and+Reports/Air/Hazardous+Air+Pollutant+Monitoring.htm 58. Myles McCauley; Ambient concentrations of polycyclic artomatic hydrocarbons and dioxins / furans in Christchurch - 2003/2004; Report R05/14; June 2005 http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Plans+and+Reports/Air/Hazardous+Air+Pollutant+Monitoring.htm 59. Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand; Proposed National Environmental Standards for Air Quality; May 2004; ISBN 0-478-18935-4 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/air/nes-air-standards-analysis/index.html 60. Environet Limited for Ministry for the Environment; Emission inventories for PM10 in New Zealand; August 2003 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/air/air-quality-tech-report-38-aug03/index.html 61. Mayurie Gunathilaka; Concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene in ambient air, Christchurch, 2001/2002; Report R03/9; Environment Canterbury; May 2003 http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Plans+and+Reports/Air/Hazardous+Air+Pollutant+Monitoring.htm 62. A J Scott; Real-life emissions from residential wood burning appliances in New Zealand, Ministry for the Environment; August 2005 63. Millichamp and Wilton; Reducing Emissions from Domestic Home Heating, Ministry for the Environment; May 2002 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/air/reducing-emissions-domestic-fires-may02.html 64. Emily Wilton; Timaru inventory of air emissions - 2001, Environment Canterbury; Report R01/29; October 2001 65. Fisher and Petersen; Implications of reducing wintertime air pollution in Christchurch on greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Canterbury; October 2001 66. Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand; Proposed Emission Design Standard for Wood and Coal Burning Appliances in Houses; October 2003 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/air/emission-design-standard/ 67. Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand; Health Effects of PM10 in New Zealand, Report 39; August 2003 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/air/air-quality-tech-report-39/air-quality-tech-report-39-aug03.pdf 68. Kelly, Mues and Webley; Real-life Emissions Testing of Pellet Burners in Tokoroa, Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand; June 2007 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/energy/emissions-testing-pellet-burners-tokoroa-jun07/index.html 69. Proposed Canterbury Natural Resources Regional Plan of the Canterbury Regional Council. September 2007 http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Plans+and+Reports/NRRPNEW/ChapterThree/ The following refer specifically to carbon monoxide and its effect upon health 70. Keinman MT, Carbon Monoxide: Evaluation of Current California Air Quality Standards with respect to protection of children; California Air Resources Board September 2000 71. Green E and Short S et al; Indoor Air Quality in the Home(2): Carbon Monoxide; Institute for Environment and Health 1998 ISBN 1 899110 16 X 72. Beate Ritz and Fei Yu; The Effect of Ambient Carbon Monoxide on Low Birth Weight among Children Born in Southern California between 1989 and 1993; Environmental Health Perspectives vol 107; 1; January 1999 73. Samoli, Touloumi, Schwartz, Ross Anderson, Schindler, Forsberg, Vigotti, Vonk, Kosˇ nik, Skorkovsky, and Katsouyanni1; Short-Term Effects of Carbon Monoxide on Mortality: An Analysis within the APHEA Project;VOL 115; 11; Nov 2007 Environmental Health Perspectives http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2007/10375/abstract.html 74. Fierro M: Carbon Monoxide http://coep.pharmacy.arizona.edu/air/air_quality/CARBON%20MONOXIDE.pdf 75. United States Environmental Protection Agency; Air Quality Criteria for Carbon Monoxide; June 2000 http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=18163 76. Health Protection Agency; HPA Compendium of Chemical Hazards: Carbon monoxide http://www.hpa.org.uk/chemicals/compendium/carbon_monoxide/PDF/hpa_compendium_of_chemical_hazards_carbon_monoxide_v2.pdf 77. Committee on the Medical Effects on Air Pollutants; Letter to Members June 2001: Effects on Health of prolonged exposure to low concentrations of carbon monoxide http://www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/COMEAP/issues/carmonoxjun01.pdf 90. Naeher et al; Woodsmoke Health Effects: A Review; Inhalation Toxicology, 19:67–106, 2007 91. Lohmann, Lee, Abbott, Coleman, Jones; Verifying emission factors and national POPs emission inventories for the UK using measurements and modelling at two rural locations; J. Environ. Monit., 2006, 8, 79-88. http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayHTMLArticleforfree.cfm?JournalCode=EM&Year=2006&ManuscriptID=b511399g&Iss=1 |