Fine particulate matter (PM2.5): The culprit for chronic lung diseases in China

T Li, R Hu, Z Chen, Q Li, S Huang, Z Zhu… - Chronic diseases and …, 2018 - mednexus.org
Air pollution is a world public health problem. Particulate matter (PM), a mix of solid and
liquid particles in the air, becomes an increasing concern in the social and economic …

Challenges and future direction of molecular research in air pollution-related lung cancers

MS Shahadin, NSA Mutalib, MT Latif, CM Greene… - Lung Cancer, 2018 - Elsevier
Hazardous air pollutants or chemical release into the environment by a variety of natural
and/or anthropogenic activities may give adverse effects to human health. Air pollutants …

Personal and Indoor PM2.5 Exposure from Burning Solid Fuels in Vented and Unvented Stoves in a Rural Region of China with a High Incidence of Lung Cancer

W Hu, GS Downward, B Reiss, J Xu… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
The combustion of biomass and coal is the dominant source of household air pollution
(HAP) in China, and contributes significantly to the total burden of disease in the Chinese …

The health impacts of coal use in China

RB Finkelman, L Tian - Coal Geology of China, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Each year China burns as much coal as the rest of the world. The coal use results in many
benefits such as electricity, industrial heat, coke for steel manufacturing, and many valuable …

Health risk from dietary exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a typical high cancer incidence area in southwest China

Y Zhu, X Duan, N Qin, J Lv, G Wu, F Wei - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This study was designed to test whether the dietary intake of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) is a potential exposure source relating to the high cancer incidence …

Constituents of household air pollution and risk of lung cancer among never-smoking women in Xuanwei and Fuyuan, China

R Vermeulen, GS Downward, J Zhang… - Environmental …, 2019 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Lung cancer rates among never-smoking women in Xuanwei and Fuyuan in
China are among the highest in the world and have been attributed to the domestic use of …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in household air pollution from solid fuel combustion among the female population of Xuanwei and Fuyuan counties, China

GS Downward, W Hu, N Rothman, B Reiss… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from burning “smoky”(bituminous)
coal has been implicated as a cause of the high lung cancer incidence in the counties of …

Cancer risk from polycyclic aromatic compounds in fine particulate matter generated from household coal combustion in Xuanwei, China

KH Lui, BAM Bandowe, L Tian, CS Chan, JJ Cao… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their polar derivatives (oxygenated PAHs:
OPAHs and azaarenes: AZAs) were characterized in fine particulates (PM 2.5) emitted from …

Personal exposure to fine particulate matter and benzo[a]pyrene from indoor air pollution and leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number in rural China

JYY Wong, W Hu, GS Downward, WJ Seow… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Households in Xuanwei and Fuyuan, China, possess hazardous levels of fine
particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter< 2.5 microns (PM2. 5) and polycyclic …

Indoor concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide from burning solid fuels for cooking and heating in Yunnan Province, China

WJ Seow, GS Downward, H Wei, N Rothman… - Indoor …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The Chinese national pollution census has indicated that the domestic burning of solid fuels
is an important contributor to nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) emissions in …