ContextAssociations have been found between day-to-day particulate air pollution and
increased risk of various adverse health outcomes, including cardiopulmonary mortality …

Background—Epidemiologic studies have linked long-term exposure to fine particulate
matter air pollution (PM) to broad cause-of-death mortality. Associations with specific …

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 …

Background—Fine particulate matter exposure from both ambient air pollution and
secondhand cigarette smoke has been associated with larger risks of cardiovascular …

This article provides an overview of previous analysis and reanalysis of the American
Cancer Society (ACS) cohort, along with an indication of current ongoing analyses of the …

Background Recent studies have reported associations between particulate air pollution
and daily mortality rates. Population-based, cross-sectional studies of metropolitan areas in …

Much of the key epidemiological evidence that long-term exposure to fine particulate matter
air pollution (PM 2.5) contributes to increased risk of mortality comes from survival studies of …

Current day concentrations of ambient air pollution have been associated with a range of
adverse health effects, particularly mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular and …

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 …

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