Current global health policy goals include a 25% reduction in premature mortality from
noncommunicable diseases by 2025. In this 2-part review, we provide an overview of the …

If the control of infectious diseases was the public health success story of the first half of the
20th century, then the decline in mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke has been …

Background Studies have shown that long-term exposure to air pollution increases mortality.
However, evidence is limited for air-pollution levels below the most recent National Ambient …

Air pollution affects billions of people worldwide, yet ambient pollution measurements are
limited for much of the world. Urban air pollution concentrations vary sharply over short …

Rationale: Evidence concerning the acute health effects of air pollution caused by fine
particulate matter (PM2. 5) in developing countries is quite limited. Objectives: To evaluate …

The development of engineered nanomaterials is growing exponentially, despite concerns
over their potential similarities to environmental nanoparticles that are associated with …

Air pollution is composed of particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants, such as
nitrogen dioxide and ozone. PM is classified according to size into coarse particles (PM 10) …

Many features of the environment have been found to exert an important influence on
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, progression, and severity. Changes in the environment …

Background: Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) is associated with a number of
adverse health outcomes, but potential mechanisms are largely unknown. Metabolomics …

In modern society, traffic and transportation and the manufacturing industry and construction
industries continuously release large amounts of dust and particles into the atmosphere …