… We performed a search in the databases Medline and Scopus with the search terms air
pollution, cohort, and mortality until January 2013. We supplemented the search with studies …

… for adverse effects on health of selected air pollutants. … increase in the concentration of air
pollutants, and over several days, … In both short-term and long-term studies, air pollution has an …

… In long-term studies, lung function is of interest as an … Air pollution studies use spirometric
measures obtained from … include all studies on long-term effects of air pollution on lung function …

… We used a state of the art long-term air pollution exposure … Long-term exposure to ambient
air pollution can lead to chronic … We evaluated the effect of long-term exposure to air pollution …

… To our knowledge this is the first study assessing long-term effects of air pollution on the …
The results of this study suggest that long-term exposure to air pollution from PM 10 , NO 2 and …

… distinguish studies of chronic exposure to ambient air pollution from those of short-term
exposure, we considered only studies for which exposures were characterized on an annual …

… exposure 16 or from studies that involve short-term exposure in humans and animals that
may not reflect the situation with long-term exposure. We hypothesized that in an animal model …

… we found between long-term air pollution exposure and increased blood lipids and the
hypothesised involvement of blood lipids in air pollution-mediated chronic cardiovascular effects. …

… Our study adds to the evidence that long term air pollution exposure is associated with … of
air pollution relevant for diabetes. This association can be observed at concentrations below air …

… long-term air pollution exposure and fatal cardiovascular disease. The effects of short-term
exposure to outdoor air pollution … association between long-term air pollution exposure and …