The existing reviews and meta-analyses addressing unequal exposure of environmental
hazards on certain populations have focused on several environmental pollutants or on the …

Despite past improvements in air quality, very large parts of the population in urban areas
breathe air that does not meet European standards let alone the health-based World Health …

Particulate matter (PM) pollution has raised serious concerns for public health. Although
outdoor individual protection could be achieved by facial masks, indoor air usually relies on …

The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased
enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year …

Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) has a large and well-documented global burden of
disease. Our analysis uses high-resolution (10 km, global-coverage) concentration data and …

Environmental exposure is an important but underappreciated risk factor contributing to the
development and severity of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The heart and vascular system …

Air pollution has wide-ranging and deleterious effects on human health and is a major issue
for the global community. The Global Burden of Disease study has described the worldwide …

Background Climate change is likely to increase the threat of wildfires, and little is known
about how wildfires affect health in exposed communities. A better understanding of the …

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

Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) are retrieved during fossil fuel
extraction and used as solvents in consumer and industrial products, as gasoline additives …