Particulate matter air pollution and respiratory impact on humans and animals

C Losacco, A Perillo - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018 - Springer
Air pollution is now fully acknowledged to be a public health problem and a social issue.
Particulate matter (PM) concentration has been linked with several clinical manifestations of …

Aeroparticles, composition, and lung diseases

CI Falcon-Rodriguez, AR Osornio-Vargas… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Urban air pollution is a serious worldwide problem due to its impact on human health. In the
past 60 years, growing evidence established a correlation between exposure to air …

Toxic potency-adjusted control of air pollution for solid fuel combustion

D Wu, H Zheng, Q Li, L Jin, R Lyu, X Ding, Y Huo… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The combustion of solid fuels, including coal and biomass, is a main anthropogenic source
of atmospheric particulate matter (PM). The hidden costs have been underestimated due to …

Model for simulating aerosol interactions and chemistry (MOSAIC)

RA Zaveri, RC Easter, JD Fast… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes and evaluates a new Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and
Chemistry (MOSAIC), with a special focus on addressing the long‐standing issues in solving …

Air pollution, cognitive deficits and brain abnormalities: a pilot study with children and dogs

L Calderón-Garcidueñas, A Mora-Tiscareño… - Brain and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Exposure to air pollution is associated with neuroinflammation in healthy children and dogs
in Mexico City. Comparative studies were carried out in healthy children and young dogs …

Brain inflammation and Alzheimer's-like pathology in individuals exposed to severe air pollution

L CALDERon-GARCIDUEnas, W Reed… - Toxicologic …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Air pollution is a complex mixture of gases (eg, ozone), particulate matter, and organic
compounds present in outdoor and indoor air. Dogs exposed to severe air pollution exhibit …

Activation of proinflammatory responses in cells of the airway mucosa by particulate matter: oxidant-and non-oxidant-mediated triggering mechanisms

J Øvrevik, M Refsnes, M Låg, JA Holme, PE Schwarze - Biomolecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Inflammation is considered to play a central role in a diverse range of disease outcomes
associated with exposure to various types of inhalable particulates. The initial mechanisms …

Effects of particulate matter (PM10, PM2. 5 and PM1) on the cardiovascular system

G Polichetti, S Cocco, A Spinali, V Trimarco, A Nunziata - Toxicology, 2009 - Elsevier
Several studies have demonstrated that exposure to particulate matter (PM) of different size
fractions is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this review …

Exposure to severe urban air pollution influences cognitive outcomes, brain volume and systemic inflammation in clinically healthy children

L Calderón-Garcidueñas, R Engle, A Mora-Tiscareño… - Brain and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Exposure to severe air pollution produces neuroinflammation and structural brain alterations
in children. We tested whether patterns of brain growth, cognitive deficits and white matter …

Health outcomes of exposure to biological and chemical components of inhalable and respirable particulate matter

OM Morakinyo, MI Mokgobu, MS Mukhola… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Particulate matter (PM) is a key indicator of air pollution and a significant risk factor for
adverse health outcomes in humans. PM is not a self-contained pollutant but a mixture of …