Inflammation is considered to play a central role in a diverse range of disease outcomes
associated with exposure to various types of inhalable particulates. The initial mechanisms …

Background Asthma is a complex disease characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness
(AHR) and chronic airway inflammation. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that …

Ambient particulate matter (PM) is an environmental factor that has been associated with
increased respiratory morbidity and mortality. The major effect of ambient PM on the …

Air pollution is now fully acknowledged to be a public health problem and a social issue.
Particulate matter (PM) concentration has been linked with several clinical manifestations of …

The articles in this monograph focus on the mechanisms whereby ambient particulate matter
(PM) and co-pollutants deposited in the respiratory tract cause cardiovascular and systemic …

Background: The biological mechanisms by which cleaning products and disinfectants—an
emerging risk factor—affect respiratory health remain incompletely evaluated. Studying …

Researchers have been studying the respiratory health effects of ambient air pollution for
more than 70 years. While air pollution as a whole can include gaseous, solid, and liquid …

OBJECTIVES: Among the theories supporting the increase of allergic diseases in modern
western countries during the last several decades is the concept that environmental …

The prevalence of allergic diseases has been on the rise for the last 200 years, when hay
fever, an easy and obvious-to-recognize illness, was virtually unknown in Europe and North …

Airborne particulate matter (PM) is hypothesized to play a role in increases in asthma
prevalence, although a causal relationship has yet to be established. To investigate the …