An escalating body of epidemiologic and clinical research provides compelling evidence
that exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution contributes to the development of …

Efforts to understand and mitigate the health effects of particulate matter (PM) air pollution
have a rich and interesting history. This review focuses on six substantial lines of research …

Background—Epidemiologic studies have linked long-term exposure to fine particulate
matter air pollution (PM) to broad cause-of-death mortality. Associations with specific …

The Healthy Environments Partnership (HEP) is a community-based participatory research
effort investigating variations in cardiovascular disease risk, and the contributions of social …

Background: Daily air pollution is associated with increased hospital admissions for
cardiovascular diseases, but there are few observations on the link with acute myocardial …

Epidemiologic studies have shown that ambient particulate matter (PM) has adverse effects
on cardiovascular health. Effective mitigation of the health effects requires identification of …

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in the industrialized
world. In the United States alone, it kills 1 million people per year; accounting for over 40 …

Multifactorial risk factor modification and control, espe-cially interventions designed to
reduce total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, smoking prevalence, overweight/obesity …

Epidemiological studies have linked ambient particulate matter (PM) levels to an increased
incidence of adverse cardiovascular events. Yet little is definitively known about the …

Bioaerosols containing pathogens released from wastewater will pose potential health risks
to workers on site. The emission of airborne bacteria from a rural wastewater treatment …