An estimated 7 million people die every year as a result of exposure to air pollution, the
overwhelming majority of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries. Health …

Background Experimental and epidemiological studies indicate an association between
exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution and increased risk of type 2 diabetes. In …

Background Air pollution contributes to mortality and morbidity. We estimated the impact of
outdoor (total) and traffic-related air pollution on public health in Austria, France, and …

Background The health impacts of ambient air pollution impose large costs on society.
Although all people are exposed to air pollution, the older population (ie, those aged≥ 60 …

After the accumulation of evidence over 16 years since the last global update in 2005, WHO
has released updated global air quality guidelines. 1 The new reference values are …

Summary The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was
responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest …

Background Africa is undergoing both an environmental and an epidemiological transition.
Household air pollution is the predominant form of air pollution, but it is declining, whereas …

Since the publication of the first epidemiological study to establish the connection between
long‐term exposure to atmospheric pollution and effects on human health, major efforts …

Background To mitigate the serious levels of air pollution in China, the State Council of
China issued the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (APPCAP) in 2013. This …

Biomass fuels and coal are vital to health and welfare in developing nations. 1 Worldwide,
almost 3 billion people use biomass—wood, charcoal, crop residues, and animal dung …