World air particulate matter: sources, distribution and health effects

A Mukherjee, M Agrawal - Environmental chemistry letters, 2017 - Springer
… In the lower atmosphere, particulate matter changes … in ambient air, where particulate matter
degrades human health. … PM 10 , the particulate matter having particle sizes 10 micrometers …

Air particulate matter and cardiovascular disease: a narrative review

N Martinelli, O Olivieri, D Girelli - European journal of internal medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
… Exposure to air particulate matter is associated with various … Lowering exposure to air
particulate matter may reduce … Both gaseous and particulate matter (PM) air pollutants have been …

Effects of metals within ambient air particulate matter (PM) on human health

LC Chen, M Lippmann - Inhalation toxicology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… by inhalation of ambient air particulate matter (PM) containing … air PM, such as Pb and Zn,
also affect human health. Most evidence now available is based on the use of ambient air PM …

Particulate matter, air pollution, and blood pressure

RD Brook, S Rajagopalan - Journal of the American Society of …, 2009 - Elsevier
A short-term increase in fine particulate matter air pollution (PM 2.5 ) concentration increases
the risk for myocardial infarctions, strokes, and heart failure exacerbations. An important …

[HTML][HTML] Clearing the air: a review of the effects of particulate matter air pollution on human health

JO Anderson, JG Thundiyil, A Stolbach - Journal of medical toxicology, 2012 - Springer
… estimates that particulate matter (PM) air pollution contributes … PM is a portion of air pollution
that is made up of extremely … PM is categorized by size and continues to be the fraction of air

[HTML][HTML] Air particulate matter and cardiovascular disease: the epidemiological, biomedical and clinical evidence

Y Du, X Xu, M Chu, Y Guo, J Wang - Journal of thoracic disease, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Air pollution is now becoming an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and …
studies indicate that ambient particulate matter (PM) in air pollution is strongly associated with …

High diversity of fungi in air particulate matter

J Fröhlich-Nowoisky, DA Pickersgill… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
… proportions of air particulate matter, and they … particulate matter, with more plant pathogens
in the coarse fraction and more human pathogens and allergens in the respirable fine particle

[HTML][HTML] Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S Fuzzi, U Baltensperger, K Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
… In fact, particulate matter constitutes one of the most challenging problems both for air quality
… However, while airborne particulate matter is responsible for globally important influences …

Beware the air! Why particulate matter matters

DJ Conklin - Circulation research, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
… This landmark study laid the groundwork for an association between ambient air particulate
matter (ie, fine particulate matter [PM] or PM 2.5 [particulate matter of 2.5 μm aerodynamic …

Health effects of concentrated ambient air particulate matter (CAPs) and its components

M Lippmann, LC Chen - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
air particulate matter (CAPs) in the fine, thoracic coarse, and ultrafine size ranges. The CAPs
studies are highly informative on the health effects of ambient air particulate matter (… air PM …