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: Current standards for fine particulates and nitrogen dioxide are under
revision. Patients with cardiovascular disease have been identified as the largest group …

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been linked to cardiovascular mortality, but
the associations with incidence of major cardiovascular diseases are not fully understood …

Background WHO estimates that, in 2015, nearly 1 million children younger than 5 years
died from lower respiratory tract infections (LRIs). Ambient air pollution has a major impact …

Abstract The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) is a comparative assessment of the health
impact of the major and well-established risk factors, including ambient air pollution (AAP) …

Background Acute exposure to air pollution has been linked to myocardial infarction, but its
effect on heart failure is uncertain. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess …

Air pollution has a great impact on health, representing one of the leading causes of death
worldwide. Previous experimental and epidemiological studies suggested the role of …

Background. Little is known about the health risks of air pollution and cardiorespiratory
diseases, globally, across regions and populations, which may differ because of external …

It is well established that exposure to ambient air pollution affects human health. A majority
of literature concentrated on health effects of air pollution in high income countries. Only …

Objective: Evaluation of the association between air pollution and mortality and morbidity is
becoming ever more complex owing to changes in inner-city air pollution, marked by …