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Xinghua Qiu

Xinghua Qiu

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
8220
World Ranking
6697
National Ranking
669

Overview

Xinghua Qiu is affiliated with Peking University in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily centered on environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, pollution, and molecular biology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Xinghua Qiu's publications have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Environment International

Some of the recent scholarly articles attributed to this researcher include:

  • "A Systematic Review of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Derivatives: Occurrences, Levels, Biotransformation, Exposure Biomarkers, and Toxicity" (2023), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Particulate Matter Toxicity Is Nrf2 and Mitochondria Dependent: The Roles of Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons" (2020), Chemical Research in Toxicology
  • "Investigation of the chemical components of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) associated with in vitro cellular responses to oxidative stress and inflammation" (2020), Environment International
  • "Secondary Production of Gaseous Nitrated Phenols in Polluted Urban Environments" (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Precursors and Pathways Leading to Enhanced Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation during Severe Haze Episodes" (2021), Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Tong Zhu
  • Yiqun Han
  • Xi Chen
  • Teng Wang
  • Xiaodi Shi

Their academic contributions collectively focus on assessing and understanding environmental pollutants and their impacts on human health and atmospheric processes. Research topics such as toxic organic pollutants, aerosols, oxidative stress, inflammation mechanisms, and secondary organic aerosol formation reflect a multidisciplinary approach linking atmospheric science and health toxicology.

Xinghua Qiu's publication record shows a consistent focus on both experimental and review-based research that addresses complex environmental challenges related to air quality, toxicology, and climate interactions.

Best Publications

  • Contribution of Dicofol to the Current DDT Pollution in China

    Xinghua Qiu;Tong Zhu;Bo Yao;Jianxin Hu

  • Air pollutant emissions from Chinese households: A major and underappreciated ambient pollution source.

    Jun Liu;Denise Leonore Mauzerall;Qi Chen;Qiang Zhang

  • Organochlorine pesticides in the air around the Taihu Lake, China.

    Xinghua Qiu;Tong Zhu;Jing Li;Hansheng Pan

  • Association of selected persistent organic pollutants in the placenta with the risk of neural tube defects

    Aiguo Ren;Xinghua Qiu;Lei Jin;Jin Ma

  • Hydroxylated metabolites of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human blood samples from the United States.

    Xinghua Qiu;Robert M. Bigsby;Ronald A. Hites

  • Dechlorane plus and other flame retardants in a sediment core from Lake Ontario.

    Xinghua Qiu;Chris H. Marvin;Ronald A. Hites

  • Sources, transformation, and health implications of PAHs and their nitrated, hydroxylated, and oxygenated derivatives in PM2.5 in Beijing

    Yan Lin;Yan Lin;Yiqiu Ma;Yiqiu Ma;Xinghua Qiu;Ran Li

  • Measurement of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and metabolites in mouse plasma after exposure to a commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether mixture.

    Xinghua Qiu;Minerva Mercado-Feliciano;Robert M. Bigsby;Ronald A. Hites

  • Dechlorane plus and other flame retardants in tree bark from the northeastern United States.

    Xinghua Qiu;Ronald A. Hites

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other flame retardants in the atmosphere and water from Taihu Lake, East China.

    Xinghua Qiu;Tong Zhu;Jianxin Hu

  • Concentrations and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitrated PAHs (NPAHs) in the atmosphere of North China, and the transformation from PAHs to NPAHs

    Yan Lin;Xinghua Qiu;Yiqiu Ma;Jin Ma

  • A Systematic Review of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Derivatives: Occurrences, Levels, Biotransformation, Exposure Biomarkers, and Toxicity

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  • Observation of organochlorine pesticides in the air of the Mt. Everest region

    J. Li;T. Zhu;F. Wang;X.H. Qiu

  • State of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in China: an overview

    Jin Ma;Xinghua Qiu;Jinliang Zhang;Xiaoli Duan

  • Sources and oxidative potential of water-soluble humic-like substances (HULIS WS ) in fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) in Beijing

    Yiqiu Ma;Yubo Cheng;Xinghua Qiu;Gang Cao

  • Particulate Matter Toxicity Is Nrf2 and Mitochondria Dependent: The Roles of Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

    Michal Pardo;Xinghua Qiu;Ralf Zimmermann;Yinon Rudich

  • A quantitative assessment of source contributions to fine particulate matter (PM2.5)-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their nitrated and hydroxylated derivatives in Hong Kong.

    Yiqiu Ma;Yubo Cheng;Xinghua Qiu;Yan Lin

  • Sources and spatial distribution of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Shanghai, China

    Yue Liu;Caiqing Yan;Xiang Ding;Xinming Wang

  • Investigation of the chemical components of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) associated with in vitro cellular responses to oxidative stress and inflammation.

    Fanfan Xu;Xiaodi Shi;Xinghua Qiu;Xing Jiang

  • Atmospheric PAHs in North China: Spatial distribution and sources

    Yanjun Zhang;Yan Lin;Jing Cai;Yue Liu

  • Commuter exposure to particulate matter and particle-bound PAHs in three transportation modes in Beijing, China.

    Caiqing Yan;Mei Zheng;Qiaoyun Yang;Qunfang Zhang

  • Using the o,p'-DDT/p,p'-DDT ratio to identify DDT sources in China.

    Xinghua Qiu;Tong Zhu

  • Effects on IL-1β signaling activation induced by water and organic extracts of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in vitro.

    Fanfan Xu;Xinghua Qiu;Xinyan Hu;Yu Shang

Frequent Co-Authors

Tong Zhu
Tong Zhu Peking University
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University
Yifang Zhu
Yifang Zhu University of California, Los Angeles
Yinon Rudich
Yinon Rudich Weizmann Institute of Science
Min Hu
Min Hu Peking University
Yusheng Wu
Yusheng Wu Hublet Oy
Qi Chen
Qi Chen Peking University
Junfeng Zhang
Junfeng Zhang Duke University
Ronald A. Hites
Ronald A. Hites Indiana University
Min Shao
Min Shao Peking University

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