Air pollution is now fully acknowledged to be a public health problem and a social issue.
Particulate matter (PM) concentration has been linked with several clinical manifestations of …

Urban air pollution is a serious worldwide problem due to its impact on human health. In the
past 60 years, growing evidence established a correlation between exposure to air …

Here, we investigated the use of breath-borne volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for rapid
monitoring of air pollution health effects on humans. Forty-seven healthy college students …

Inhalation of metal (loid) s in ambient particulate matter (APM) represents a significant
exposure pathway to humans. Although exposure assessment associated with this pathway …

The issue of air pollution from particulate matter (PM) is getting worse as more and more
people move into urban areas around the globe. Due to the complexity and diversity of …

Air pollution exposure is associated with a range of adverse health impacts. Knowledge of
the chemical components and sources of air pollution most responsible for these health …

When PM 2.5 enters human bodies, the water soluble (WS-PM 2.5) and insoluble
components (WIS-PM 2.5) of PM 2.5 would interact with cells and cause adverse effects …

Fine particulate matter plays a central role in the adverse health effects of air pollution.
Inhalation and deposition of aerosol particles in the respiratory tract can lead to the release …

Both water-soluble and insoluble components of ambient particulate matter (PM) have been
shown to contribute to the oxidative potential (OP) of PM. In this study, we used the …

The purpose of this study is to assess the solubility of traffic-related metal (loid) s associated
with airborne PM of human health concern, employing a physiologically-based extraction …