Air pollution and individuals' mental well-being in the adult population in United Kingdom: A spatial-temporal longitudinal study and the moderating effect of ethnicity

M Abed Al Ahad, U Demšar, F Sullivan, H Kulu - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Recent studies suggest an association between ambient air pollution and
mental well-being, though evidence is mostly fragmented and inconclusive. Research also …

The spatial–temporal effect of air pollution on individuals' reported health and its variation by ethnic groups in the United Kingdom: a multilevel longitudinal analysis

M Abed Al Ahad, U Demšar, F Sullivan, H Kulu - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Air pollution is associated with poor health; though it is unclear whether this
association is stronger for ethnic minorities compared to the rest of the population. This study …

Mental health consequences of urban air pollution: prospective population-based longitudinal survey

I Bakolis, R Hammoud, R Stewart, S Beevers… - Social psychiatry and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently ranked air pollution as the
major environmental cause of premature death. However, the significant potential health …

Air pollution reduces the individuals' life satisfaction through health impairment

M Abed Al Ahad - Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2024 - Springer
The impact of air pollution on individuals' happiness and life satisfaction (LS), and its
relationship to other factors became the focus of recent research. Though, the underlying …

Does long-term air pollution exposure affect self-reported health and limiting long term illness disproportionately for ethnic minorities in the UK? A census-based …

MA Al Ahad, U Demšar, F Sullivan, H Kulu - Applied Spatial Analysis and …, 2022 - Springer
Previous studies have investigated the impact of air pollution on health and mortality.
However, there is little research on how this impact varies by individuals' ethnicity. Using a …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality in Scotland: A register-based individual-level longitudinal study

MA Al Ahad, U Demšar, F Sullivan, H Kulu - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Air pollution is associated with several adverse health outcomes. However,
heterogeneity in the size of effect estimates between cohort studies for long-term exposures …

Examining air pollution (PM10), mental health and well-being in a representative German sample

K Petrowski, S Bührer, B Strauß, O Decker, E Brähler - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
There is a growing debate on the role of the physical environment and what constitute risk
and protective factors for mental health. Various forms of air pollution have shown links to …

The association of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution with all-cause GP visits and hospital admissions by ethnicity and country of birth in the United Kingdom

M Abed Al Ahad - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Air pollution is associated with poor health. Yet, more research is needed to
reveal the association of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution with less studied health …

Long-term air pollution, genetic susceptibility, and the risk of depression and anxiety: a prospective study in the UK biobank cohort

X Gao, M Jiang, N Huang, X Guo… - Environmental Health …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Depression and anxiety are two mental disorders that are often comorbid.
However, the associations of long-term air pollution exposure with depression and anxiety …

[HTML][HTML] Self-rated stress, distress, mental health, and health as modifiers of the association between long-term exposure to ambient pollutants and mortality

EM Thomson, T Christidis, L Pinault, M Tjepkema… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Individual and neighbourhood-scale socioeconomic characteristics modify
associations between exposure to air pollution and mortality. The role of stress, which may …