Systematic review and meta-analysis of the adverse health effects of ambient PM2. 5 and PM10 pollution in the Chinese population

F Lu, D Xu, Y Cheng, S Dong, C Guo, X Jiang… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction As the largest developing country, China has some of the worst air quality in the
world. Heavy smog in January 2013 led to unprecedented public concern about the health …

PM2. 5 in China: Measurements, sources, visibility and health effects, and mitigation

DYH Pui, SC Chen, Z Zuo - Particuology, 2014 - Elsevier
Concern over the health effects of fine particles in the ambient environment led the US
Environmental Protection Agency to develop the first standard for PM 2.5 (particulate matter …

Sources, health effects and control strategies of indoor fine particulate matter (PM2. 5): A review

Z Li, Q Wen, R Zhang - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Indoor air quality is directly influenced by indoor PM 2.5. Short-term and long-term exposure
of PM 2.5 in the micro environment would severely detriment the health of both humans and …

Long-term effects of PM2. 5 components on blood pressure and hypertension in Chinese children and adolescents

J Li, Y Dong, Y Song, B Dong, A van Donkelaar… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Growing evidence has linked fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure to elevated blood
pressure, but the effects of PM 2.5 components are unclear, particularly in children and …

Ambient coarse particulate matter and human health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SD Adar, PA Filigrana, N Clements, JL Peel - Current environmental health …, 2014 - Springer
Airborne particles have been linked to increased mortality and morbidity. As most research
has focused on fine particles (PM 2.5), the health implications of coarse particles (PM 10 …

A review of factors impacting exposure to PM2. 5, ultrafine particles and black carbon in Asian transport microenvironments

P Kumar, AP Patton, JL Durant, HC Frey - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization estimates 3.7 million deaths in 2012 in low-and
middle-income Asian countries due to outdoor air pollution. However, these estimates do not …

Long-term trend and spatial pattern of PM2. 5 induced premature mortality in China

R Xie, CE Sabel, X Lu, W Zhu, H Kan, CP Nielsen… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
With rapid economic growth, China has witnessed increasingly frequent and severe haze
and smog episodes over the past decade, posing serious health impacts to the Chinese …

Electrostatic precipitators as an indoor air cleaner—a literature review

A Afshari, L Ekberg, L Forejt, J Mo, S Rahimi, J Siegel… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many people spend most of their time in an indoor environment. A positive relationship
exists between indoor environmental quality and the health, wellbeing, and productivity of …

Long-term effects of ambient pm2. 5 constituents on metabolic syndrome in Chinese children and adolescents

J Li, Y Song, L Shi, J Jiang, X Wan, Y Wang, Y Ma… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is considered a main public health issue as it remarkably adds
the risk of cardiovascular disease, leading to a heavy burden of disease. There is growing …

Black carbon health impacts in the Indo-Gangetic plain: exposures, risks, and mitigation

S Verma, S Ghosh, O Boucher, R Wang, L Menut - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
A large discrepancy between simulated and observed black carbon (BC) surface
concentrations over the densely populated Indo-Gangetic plain (IGP) has so far limited our …