Indoor air pollution, related human diseases, and recent trends in the control and improvement of indoor air quality

VV Tran, D Park, YC Lee - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Indoor air pollution (IAP) is a serious threat to human health, causing millions of deaths each
year. A plethora of pollutants can result in IAP; therefore, it is very important to identify their …

A research agenda for ageing in China in the 21st century: focusing on basic and translational research, long-term care, policy and social networks

EF Fang, C Xie, JA Schenkel, C Wu, Q Long… - Ageing research …, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the key issues facing public healthcare is the global trend of an increasingly ageing
society which continues to present policy makers and caregivers with formidable healthcare …

Air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States: Strengths and limitations of an ecological regression analysis

X Wu, RC Nethery, MB Sabath, D Braun… - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Assessing whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the severity of COVID-19
health outcomes, including death, is an important public health objective. Limitations in …

Exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States: A nationwide cross-sectional study

X Wu, RC Nethery, MB Sabath, D Braun, F Dominici - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Objectives United States government scientists estimate that COVID-19 may kill
tens of thousands of Americans. Many of the pre-existing conditions that increase the risk of …

Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19

A Pozzer, F Dominici, A Haines, C Witt… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims The risk of mortality from the coronavirus disease that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) is
increased by comorbidity from cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Air pollution also …

Environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease: lessons learned from air pollution

SG Al-Kindi, RD Brook, S Biswal… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Air pollution is well recognized as a major risk factor for chronic non-communicable
diseases and has been estimated to contribute more to global morbidity and mortality than …

Ambient air pollution increases the risk of cerebrovascular and neuropsychiatric disorders through induction of inflammation and oxidative stress

O Hahad, J Lelieveld, F Birklein, K Lieb… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a well-established determinant of health and disease.
The Lancet Commission on pollution and health concludes that air pollution is the leading …

Effects of air pollution on the nervous system and its possible role in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders

LG Costa, TB Cole, K Dao, YC Chang, J Coburn… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent extensive evidence indicates that air pollution, in addition to causing respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases, may also negatively affect the brain and contribute to central …

Inflammatory effects of particulate matter air pollution

RD Arias-Pérez, NA Taborda, DM Gómez… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Air pollution is an important cause of non-communicable diseases globally with particulate
matter (PM) as one of the main air pollutants. PM is composed of microscopic particles that …

[HTML][HTML] The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a target of environmental stressors–Implications for pollution mediated stress and inflammatory responses

CFA Vogel, LS Van Winkle, C Esser… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor regulating the
expression of genes, for instance encoding the monooxygenases cytochrome P450 (CYP) …