Background Exposure to air pollution and physical inactivity are both significant risk factors
for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These risk factors are also linked so that the …

Unhealthy levels of air pollution are breathed by billions of people worldwide, and air
pollution is the leading environmental cause of death and disability globally. Efforts to …

As global awareness of air pollution rises, so does the imperative to provide evidence-based
recommendations for strategies to mitigate its impact. While public policy has a central role …

Black carbon (BC) has been demonstrated to pose significant negative impacts on climate
and human health. Equivalent BC (EBC) measurements were conducted using a 7 …

The associations of long-term exposure to various constituents of fine particulate matter (≤
2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter, PM 2.5) air pollution with lung function were not clearly …

Background Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and physical activity are linked to
metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, the joint effect of physical activity and ambient air …

Background Physical activity (PA) is beneficial to human health, whereas long-term
exposure to air pollution is harmful. However, their combined effects remain unclear. We …

Mitigation option are not yet being implemented at the scale required to limit global warming
to well below 2° C. Various factors have been identified that inhibit the implementation of …

Highlights•The logistic, LASSO, and BKMR models were used to examine the
associations.•Plasma Ti, Cd, and Pb were negatively associated with CKD in …

Background: We investigated the joint associations of habitual physical activity (PA) and
long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) with the development of hypertension …