Heavy metals exist widely in daily life, and exposure to heavy metals caused by
environmental pollution has become a serious public health problem worldwide. Due to …

Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) carries substantial health risks,
particularly for younger children (0–10 years). Epidemiological evidence indicates that …

Concentrations of particulate matter less than 1 μm, 2.5 μm, 10 μm and their contents of
heavy metals were investigated in two different stations, urban and roadside at Algiers …

The urbanization and industrialization in China is accompanied by bad air quality, and the
prevalence of asthma in Chinese children has been increasing in recent years. To …

The content of single heavy metal in blood is associated with lung function decline, but there
is little evidence on the joint effect of multiple heavy metals on lung function. To explore …

The long-term effects of ambient PM 2.5 and chemical constituents on childhood pneumonia
were still unknown. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 30,315 children in the China …

Previous studies have suggested that short-term exposure to ambient air pollution was
associated with pediatric hospital admissions and emergency room visits for certain …

Background We investigated the concentrations of metals in fine particulate matter PM 2.5 in
the outdoor air around the home sites of 123 male children from Ahvaz, average age 7.56 …

Particulate matter has major impacts on human health in urban regions, and Tehran is one
of the most polluted metropolitan cities in the world, struggling to control this pollutant more …

The exposure to heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) bound to
particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) ambient air can result in some adverse health effect. In the …