Air pollutant levels in many Chinese cities remained significantly higher than the upper limits
stated in World Health Organization guidelines. In light of limited evidence in China, we …

Air pollution is a major environmental health problem around the world. The purpose of this
study was to investigate the relationship between exposure to air pollution with mortality and …

Background and aims Long-term exposure to air pollution increases cardiopulmonary
morbidity and mortality, but it is not clear which components of air pollution are the most …

This study was planned to test the hypothesis that patients with congestive heart failure are
more susceptible to the harmful effects of ambient air pollution than the general population …

Background Growing urbanisation and population requiring enhanced electricity generation
as well as the increasing numbers of fossil fuel in Thailand pose important challenges to air …

Background: Few European studies have investigated the effects of long-term exposure to
both fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 µm; PM2. 5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on mortality …

As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Comparative
Risk Assessment, the burden of disease attributable to urban ambient air pollution was …

Background Studies have shown higher mortality in association with exposure to air
pollution. We investigated this association with focus on differences between socioeconomic …

Background Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular
disease, but evidence is unclear on the health effects of exposure to pollutant concentrations …

INTRODUCTION: Short term associations between air pollution indicators and
hospitalizations for cardiovascular diseases have been suggested by epidemiological and …