Clearing the air: a review of the effects of particulate matter air pollution on human health

JO Anderson, JG Thundiyil, A Stolbach - Journal of medical toxicology, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that particulate matter (PM) air pollution
contributes to approximately 800,000 premature deaths each year, ranking it the 13th …

Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect

CA Pope III, DW Dockery - Journal of the air & waste management …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Efforts to understand and mitigate the health effects of particulate matter (PM) air pollution
have a rich and interesting history. This review focuses on six substantial lines of research …

Air quality in the megacity of São Paulo: Evolution over the last 30 years and future perspectives

M de Fatima Andrade, P Kumar, ED de Freitas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive review of published results from the last 30 years regarding
the sources and atmospheric characteristics of particles and ozone in the Metropolitan Area …

The effect of weather on respiratory and cardiovascular deaths in 12 US cities.

ALF Braga, A Zanobetti, J Schwartz - Environmental health …, 2002 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
We carried out time-series analyses in 12 US cities to estimate both the acute effects and the
lagged influence of weather on respiratory and cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths. We fit …

[图书][B] Outdoor air pollution: assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels

B Ostro, World Health Organization - 2004 - apps.who.int
The disease burden of a population, and how that burden is distributed across different
subpopulations (eg infants, women), are important pieces of information for defining …

Urban air pollution

AJ Cohen, HR Anderson, B Ostro, KD Pandey… - … quantification of health …, 2004 - JSTOR
Current scientific evidence, derived largely from studies in North America and Western
Europe (NAWE), indicates that urban air pollution, 1 which is derived largely from …

Ambient particulate air pollution and acute lower respiratory infections: a systematic review and implications for estimating the global burden of disease

S Mehta, H Shin, R Burnett, T North… - Air Quality, Atmosphere & …, 2013 - Springer
Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) account for nearly one fifth of mortality in young
children worldwide and have been associated with exposures to indoor and outdoor …

Effects of air pollution on infant and children respiratory mortality in four large Latin-American cities

N Gouveia, WL Junger, I Romieu, LA Cifuentes… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Air pollution is an important public health concern especially for children who are
particularly susceptible. Latin America has a large children population, is highly urbanized …

Associations between ozone and daily mortality: analysis and meta-analysis

K Ito, SF De Leon, M Lippmann - Epidemiology, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: There is ample evidence that short-term ozone exposure is associated with
transient decrements in lung functions and increased respiratory symptoms, but the short …

Environmental air pollution: respiratory effects

UP Santos, MA Arbex, ALF Braga… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Environmental air pollution is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Environmental air pollution has a direct impact on human health, being responsible for an …