Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective

J Lelieveld, A Pozzer, U Pöschl, M Fnais… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Long-term exposure of humans to air pollution enhances the risk of cardiovascular and
respiratory diseases. A novel Global Exposure Mortality Model (GEMM) has been derived …

Cardiovascular disease burden from ambient air pollution in Europe reassessed using novel hazard ratio functions

J Lelieveld, K Klingmüller, A Pozzer… - European heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Ambient air pollution is a major health risk, leading to respiratory and cardiovascular
mortality. A recent Global Exposure Mortality Model, based on an unmatched number of …

Mortality attributable to ambient air pollution: A review of global estimates

A Pozzer, SC Anenberg, S Dey, A Haines… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Mortality risk and fine particulate air pollution in a large, representative cohort of US adults

CA Pope III, JS Lefler, M Ezzati… - Environmental …, 2019 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Evidence indicates that air pollution contributes to cardiopulmonary mortality.
There is ongoing debate regarding the size and shape of the pollution–mortality exposure …

Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter

R Burnett, H Chen, M Szyszkowicz… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a major global health concern.
Quantitative estimates of attributable mortality are based on disease-specific hazard ratio …

The impact of individual anthropogenic emissions sectors on the global burden of human mortality due to ambient air pollution

RA Silva, Z Adelman, MM Fry… - Environmental health …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Exposure to ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) can cause adverse
health effects, including premature mortality due to cardiopulmonary diseases and lung …

Changing risk factors that contribute to premature mortality from ambient air pollution between 2000 and 2015

S Chowdhury, A Pozzer, S Dey… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major global health risk factor. Using recently updated
hazard ratio functions, we estimate that the global premature mortality burden attributable to …

Long-term exposure to air pollution and cardiovascular mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts

R Beelen, M Stafoggia, O Raaschou-Nielsen… - …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Air pollution has been associated with cardiovascular mortality, but it remains
unclear as to whether specific pollutants are related to specific cardiovascular causes of …

Ambient PM2.5 Reduces Global and Regional Life Expectancy

JS Apte, M Brauer, AJ Cohen, M Ezzati… - … Science & Technology …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air pollution is a major risk for
premature death. Here, we systematically quantify the global impact of PM2. 5 on life …

The global burden of disease due to outdoor air pollution

AJ Cohen, H Ross Anderson, B Ostro… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
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 …