Ambient air pollution has been a major global public health issue. A number of studies have
shown various adverse effects of ambient air pollution on cardiovascular diseases. In the …

Objective To investigate the association between ambient air pollution and hospital
emergency admissions in Beijing. Methods In this study, a semi-parametric generalized …

Evidence of the acute effects of air pollutants on ischemic heart disease (IHD)
hospitalizations based on the entire population of a megacity in central China is lacking. All …

BACKGROUND: Because epidemiological studies have yielded different results, the
association between exposure to fine particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic …

BACKGROUND: A number of epidemiological studies have examined the adverse effect of
air pollution on mortality and morbidity. Also, several studies have investigated the …

Ambient air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of various acute cardiovascular
outcomes; however, its effects on hospital admissions for angina are yet to be evaluated. We …

Background A number of epidemiological studies have been conducted to research the
adverse effects of air pollution on mortality and morbidity. Hypertension is the most important …

In recent years, air pollution has become an alarming problem in China. However, evidence
on the effects of air pollution on cardiovascular mortality is still not conclusive to date. This …

Ambient air pollution had been shown strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases.
However, the association between air pollution and myocardial infarction (MI) is …

Epidemiological studies found that exposure to air pollution increases cardiovascular
hospitalizations. However, studies on rural-urban differences in associations between …