Numerous investigations studying multiple populations across a variety of environmental
settings have demonstrated a strong association between ambient air particulate matter and …

This article summarizes epidemiological evidence of health effects of particulate air
pollution. Acute exposure to elevated levels of particulate air pollution has been associated …

Air pollution has been considered a hazard to human health. In the past decades, many
studies highlighted the role of ambient airborne particulate matter (PM) as an important …

Numerous studies have observed health effects of particulate air pollution. Compared to
early studies that focused on severe air pollution episodes, recent studies are more relevant …

Efforts to understand and mitigate the health effects of particulate matter (PM) air pollution
have a rich and interesting history. This review focuses on six substantial lines of research …

There are now more than 150 published epidemiologic studies of health effects of
particulate air pollution and dozens of related literature reviews. This article explores the …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the adverse effects of particulate air pollution on
health. The overall epidemiologic evidence is consistent with the premise that particulate air …

Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that particulate matter (PM) air pollution
contributes to approximately 800,000 premature deaths each year, ranking it the 13th …

Numerous studies have reported weak but statistically significant acute health effects of
particulate air pollution. The associations are observed at levels below the current US …

In the last 10 years there has been an abundance of new epidemiological studies on health
effects of particulate air pollution. The overall evidence suggests that fine particulate …