The health effects of air pollution have been subject to intense study in recent years.
Exposure to pollutants such as airborne participate matter and ozone has been associated …

Background Air pollution contributes to mortality and morbidity. We estimated the impact of
outdoor (total) and traffic-related air pollution on public health in Austria, France, and …

The adverse health effects of air pollution became widely acknowledged after severe
pollution episodes occurred in Europe and North America before the 1960s. In these areas …

As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Comparative
Risk Assessment, the burden of disease attributable to urban ambient air pollution was …

The World Health Organization has identified ambient air pollution as a high public health
priority, based on estimates of air pollution related death and disability-adjusted life years …

This report summarizes the most recent information on the health effects of air pollution. It is
based on the results of a comprehensive review of scientific evidence organized by the …

The American Thoracic Society has previously published statements on what constitutes an
adverse effect on health of air pollution in 1985 and 2000. We set out to update and broaden …

This issue of EPIDEMIOLOGY contains 3 meta-analyses of the extensive data relating
ambient ozone levels to daily mortality. 1–3 When I was a student at Cambridge, my tutor …

Air pollution is a complex and ubiquitous mixture of pollutants including particulate matter,
chemical substances and biological materials. There is growing awareness of the adverse …

Air pollution is now recognized by governments, international institutions and civil society as
a major global public health risk factor. This is the result of the remarkable growth of …