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Angeliki Karanasiou is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis related to pollution and atmospheric studies. The scientist has contributed extensively to understanding microplastics, air quality, and associated health impacts.

Karanasiou's work spans a broad range of subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, atmospheric science, and automotive engineering. Their research addresses key topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, air quality and health impacts, recycling and waste management techniques, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, vehicle emissions and performance, maritime transport emissions and efficiency, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

The scientist has published frequently in prominent journals including:

  • Environment International
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Research

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Karanasiou are:

  • "Overview on the occurrence of microplastics in air and implications from the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Short-term health effects from outdoor exposure to biomass burning emissions: A review," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Microplastics: Human exposure assessment through air, water, and food," 2023, Environment International
  • "Estimated health impacts from maritime transport in the Mediterranean region and benefits from the use of cleaner fuels," 2020, Environment International
  • "Airborne microplastic particle concentrations and characterization in indoor urban microenvironments," 2022, Environmental Pollution

Karanasiou has collaborated regularly with fellow researchers including Sílvia Lacorte, Andrés Alástuey, Xavier Querol, Ana Torres, and Teresa Moreno. These collaborations are evident from multiple co-authored publications.

Best Publications

  • AIRUSE-LIFE+: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

    Fulvio Amato;Andrés Alastuey;Angeliki Karanasiou;Franco Lucarelli

  • Health effects from Sahara dust episodes in Europe: literature review and research gaps.

    A. Karanasiou;N. Moreno;T. Moreno;M. Viana

  • Variability of levels and composition of PM 10 and PM 2.5 in the Barcelona metro system

    Xavier Querol;Teresa Moreno;Angeliki Karanasiou;Cristina Reche

  • Associations between Fine and Coarse Particles and Mortality in Mediterranean Cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES Project

    Evangelia Samoli;Massimo Stafoggia;Sophia Rodopoulou;Bart Ostro

  • Monitoring the impact of desert dust outbreaks for air quality for health studies

    X. Querol;A. Tobías;N. Pérez;A. Karanasiou

  • Hourly elemental concentrations in PM2.5 aerosols sampled simultaneously at urban background and road site during SAPUSS -diurnal variations and PMF receptor modelling

    Manuel Dall'Osto;Xavier Querol;Fulvio Amato;Angeliki Karanasiou

  • Assessment of personal exposure to particulate air pollution during commuting in European cities--recommendations and policy implications.

    Angeliki Karanasiou;Mar Viana;Xavier Querol;Teresa Moreno

  • Health impact assessment of a reduction in ambient PM(2.5) levels in Spain.

    Elena Boldo;Cristina Linares;Julio Lumbreras;Rafael Borge

  • Assessment of source apportionment by Positive Matrix Factorization analysis on fine and coarse urban aerosol size fractions

    A.A. Karanasiou;A.A. Karanasiou;P.A. Siskos;K. Eleftheriadis

  • Microplastics: Human exposure assessment through air, water, and food

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  • Overview on the occurrence of microplastics in air and implications from the use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    A. Torres-Agullo;A. Karanasiou;T. Moreno;S. Lacorte

  • Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: results from the MED-PARTICLES project.

    Xavier Basagaña;Bénédicte Jacquemin;Angeliki Karanasiou;Bart Ostro

  • Daily and hourly sourcing of metallic and mineral dust in urban air contaminated by traffic and coal-burning emissions

    Teresa Moreno;Angeliki Karanasiou;Fulvio Amato;Franco Lucarelli

  • Size distribution and sources of trace metals and n-alkanes in the Athens urban aerosol during summer

    A.A. Karanasiou;A.A. Karanasiou;I.E. Sitaras;P.A. Siskos;K. Eleftheriadis

  • Short-term health effects from outdoor exposure to biomass burning emissions: A review

    Angeliki Karanasiou;Andrés Alastuey;Fulvio Amato;Matteo Renzi

  • Variability of carbonaceous aerosols in remote, rural, urban and industrial environments in Spain: implications for air quality policy

    X. Querol;A. Alastuey;M. Viana;T. Moreno

  • Airborne microplastic particle concentrations and characterization in indoor urban microenvironments

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  • Thermal-optical analysis for the measurement of elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) in ambient air a literature review

    Angeliki Karanasiou;María Cruz Minguillón;Mar Viana;Andrés Alastuey

  • Emission factors from road dust resuspension in a Mediterranean freeway

    F. Amato;A. Karanasiou;T. Moreno;A. Alastuey

  • ECOC comparison exercise with identical thermal protocols after temperature offset correction – instrument diagnostics by in-depth evaluation of operational parameters

    P. Panteliadis;T. Hafkenscheid;B. Cary;E. Diapouli

  • Size-segregated particulate matter and gaseous emissions from motor vehicles in a road tunnel

    Célia A. Alves;Joana Gomes;Teresa Nunes;Márcio Duarte

  • AIRUSE-LIFE +: estimation of natural source contributions to urban ambient air PM 10 and PM 2. 5 concentrations in southern Europe – implications to compliance with limit values

    Evangelia Diapouli;Manousos Ioannis Manousakas;Sterios Vratolis;Vasiliki Vasilatou

  • Which specific causes of death are associated with short term exposure to fine and coarse particles in Southern Europe? Results from the MED-PARTICLES project.

    Evangelia Samoli;Massimo Stafoggia;Sophia Rodopoulou;Bart Ostro

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council
Teresa Moreno
Teresa Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Fulvio Amato
Fulvio Amato Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Cristina Reche
Cristina Reche Spanish National Research Council
Mar Viana
Mar Viana Spanish National Research Council
María Cruz Minguillón
María Cruz Minguillón Spanish National Research Council
Silvia Nava
Silvia Nava National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Franco Lucarelli
Franco Lucarelli National Institute for Nuclear Physics

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