Urban air pollution represents a major problem affecting millions of people around the world.
It has been considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as responsible for 865,000 …

The toxic effects of air pollution are widely documented. In recent years, however, there has
been an increasing interest in the study of the health effects of particulate matter (PM), a …

Identifying the mechanisms by which air pollution causes human health effects is a daunting
task. Airsheds around the world are composed of pollution mixtures made up of hundreds of …

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 …

Air pollution has been associated with significant adverse health effects leading to increased
overall morbidity and mortality of worldwide significance. Epidemiological studies have …

Epidemiological studies have established a positive correlation between human mortality
and increased concentration of airborne particulate matters (PM). However, the mechanisms …

Nine out of 10 people breathe air that does not meet World Health Organization pollution
limits. Air pollutants include gasses and particulate matter and collectively are responsible …

With increased industrialization and number of pollutants, a large proportion of world
population today is exposed to polluted air, especially the urban population. The particulate …

Air pollution is an important cause of non-communicable diseases globally with particulate
matter (PM) as one of the main air pollutants. PM is composed of microscopic particles that …

Large population cohort studies have indicated an association between exposure to
particulate matter and cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. The inhalation of toxic …