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 …

Air pollution and noncommunicable diseases: A review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 2: Air pollution and organ …

DE Schraufnagel, JR Balmes, CT Cowl, S De Matteis… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Although air pollution is well known to be harmful to the lung and airways, it can also
damage most other organ systems of the body. It is estimated that about 500,000 lung …

Association of short-term exposure to air pollution with mortality in older adults

Q Di, L Dai, Y Wang, A Zanobetti, C Choirat… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US Environmental Protection Agency is required to reexamine its National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) every 5 years, but evidence of mortality risk is …

Personal-level protective actions against particulate matter air pollution exposure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

S Rajagopalan, M Brauer, A Bhatnagar, DL Bhatt… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Since the publication of the last American Heart Association scientific statement on air
pollution and cardiovascular disease in 2010, unequivocal evidence of the causal role of …

Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review

SM Holm, MD Miller, JR Balmes - Journal of exposure science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Wildfire smoke is an increasing environmental health threat to which children are particularly
vulnerable, for both physiologic and behavioral reasons. To address the need for improved …

Effects of gaseous and solid constituents of air pollution on endothelial function

T Münzel, T Gori, S Al-Kindi, J Deanfield… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Ambient air pollution is a leading cause of non-communicable disease globally. The largest
proportion of deaths and morbidity due to air pollution is now known to be due to …

Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: car sick

MR Miller, DE Newby - Cardiovascular research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The cardiovascular effects of inhaled particle matter (PM) are responsible for a substantial
morbidity and mortality attributed to air pollution. Ultrafine particles, like those in diesel …

Personal protective equipment for surgeons during COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review of availability, usage and rationing

ZM Jessop, TD Dobbs, SR Ali… - Journal of British …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Surgeons need guidance regarding appropriate personal protective equipment
(PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic based on scientific evidence rather than availability …

[HTML][HTML] Air particulate matter and cardiovascular disease: the epidemiological, biomedical and clinical evidence

Y Du, X Xu, M Chu, Y Guo, J Wang - Journal of thoracic disease, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Air pollution is now becoming an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. Numerous epidemiological, biomedical and clinical studies indicate that ambient …

Environmental factors in cardiovascular disease

KE Cosselman, A Navas-Acien… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Environmental exposure is an important but underappreciated risk factor contributing to the
development and severity of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The heart and vascular system …