Air pollution and climate change have a significant impact on human health and well‐being
and contribute to the onset and aggravation of allergic rhinitis and asthma among other …

A third of the world's population uses solid fuel derived from plant material (biomass) or coal
for cooking, heating, or lighting. These fuels are smoky, often used in an open fire or simple …

Introduction: Childhood respiratory illness is a major cause of morbidity and mortality
particularly in low and middle-income countries. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) …

A substantial proportion of the global burden of disease is directly or indirectly attributable to
exposure to air pollution. Exposures occurring during the periods of organogenesis and …

Background Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been associated with
detectable levels of cotinine (a nicotine metabolite) in children's saliva. However, tobacco …

Background Childhood acute lower respiratory infection in the form of pneumonia is
recognized as the single largest cause of childhood death globally accounting for 16% of the …

The association between particulate matter and children's increased blood pressure is
inconsistent, and few studies have evaluated indoor exposure, accounting for time‐activity …

The health risks of smoking are widely known, but the impact of secondhand smoke on
children and adolescents is often underestimated. Despite efforts to reduce smoking …

Background: While the perinatal outcomes of active maternal smoking are well documented,
results of the effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure during pregnancy are …

Air pollution exposure plays a key role in the alteration of gene expression profiles, which
can be regulated by microRNAs, inducing the development of various diseases. Moreover …