Phytoremediation: the sustainable strategy for improving indoor and outdoor air quality

H Lee, Z Jun, Z Zahra - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Most of the world's population is exposed to highly polluted air conditions exceeding the
WHO limits, causing various human diseases that lead towards increased morbidity as well …

Amplified ozone pollution in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown

P Sicard, A De Marco, E Agathokleous, Z Feng… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on air pollution in
four Southern European cities (Nice, Rome, Valencia and Turin) and Wuhan (China) was …

Air pollution and mortality among infant and children under five years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Karimi, B Shokrinezhad - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The main environmental cause of childhood mortality and morbidity around the world is
related to air pollution. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the association between the …

COVID-19 and climatic factors: A global analysis

N Islam, Q Bukhari, Y Jameel, S Shabnam… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: It is unknown if COVID-19 will exhibit seasonal pattern as other diseases eg,
seasonal influenza. Similarly, some environmental factors (eg, temperature, humidity) have …

[HTML][HTML] Use of networks of low cost air quality sensors to quantify air quality in urban settings

OAM Popoola, D Carruthers, C Lad, VB Bright… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Low cost sensors are becoming increasingly available for studying urban air quality. Here
we show how such sensors, deployed as a network, provide unprecedented insights into the …

Ambient air pollution and respiratory mortality in Xi'an, China: a time-series analysis

KK Mokoena, CJ Ethan, Y Yu, K Shale, F Liu - Respiratory research, 2019 - Springer
Background Although air pollution is a known fundamental problem in China, few studies
have investigated the associations between ambient air pollution and respiratory mortality in …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of temperature on cause-specific mental disorders in three subtropical cities: a case-crossover study in China

S Zhang, Y Yang, XH Xie, H Li, R Han, J Hou… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Little is known about the association between ambient temperature and cause-
specific mental disorders, especially in subtropical areas. Objective To investigate the effect …

[HTML][HTML] The short-term effects of air pollution on respiratory diseases and lung cancer mortality in Hefei: A time-series analysis

F Zhu, R Ding, R Lei, H Cheng, J Liu, C Shen… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence has shown the effects of air pollution on respiratory disease and
lung cancer mortality, but the evidence is still inconclusive to date. We conducted a time …

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution and acute bronchitis in children: season and age as modifiers

L Bai, X Su, D Zhao, Y Zhang, Q Cheng… - J Epidemiol …, 2018 - jech.bmj.com
Background Acute bronchitis (AB) is one of the principal causes of childhood morbidity.
Increasing number of studies has shown that air pollution is an important environmental …

The burden of COPD morbidity attributable to the interaction between ambient air pollution and temperature in Chengdu, China

H Qiu, K Tan, F Long, L Wang, H Yu, R Deng… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Evidence on the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) morbidity
attributable to the interaction between ambient air pollution and temperature has been …