Hemodynamic, autonomic, and vascular effects of exposure to coarse particulate matter air pollution from a rural location

RD Brook, RL Bard, M Morishita… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Fine particulate matter (PM) air pollution is associated with numerous adverse
health effects, including increased blood pressure (BP) and vascular dysfunction. Coarse …

Particulate matter air pollution and atherosclerosis

RD Brook, S Rajagopalan - Current atherosclerosis reports, 2010 - Springer
Particulate matter (PM) air pollution less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM 2.5), which is now an
all-pervading element of modern-day society, is associated with heightened cardiovascular …

PM2.5 air pollution and cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality

RB Hayes, C Lim, Y Zhang, K Cromar… - International journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Ambient air pollution is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, yet
uncertainty remains about the size of risks at lower levels of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) …

Redox and inflammatory mechanisms linking air pollution particulate matter with cardiometabolic derangements

T Marchini - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollution is the largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. Among
the different components that are present in polluted air, fine particulate matter below 2.5 μm …

The adverse effects of air pollution on the nervous system

S Genc, Z Zadeoglulari, SH Fuss… - Journal of toxicology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a serious and common public health concern associated
with growing morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the last decades, the adverse effects of air …

Airborne particulate matter and human health: toxicological assessment and importance of size and composition of particles for oxidative damage and carcinogenic …

A Valavanidis, K Fiotakis… - Journal of Environmental …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Air pollution has been considered a hazard to human health. In the past decades, many
studies highlighted the role of ambient airborne particulate matter (PM) as an important …

Short-term exposure to air pollution and inflammation-sensitive biomarkers

A Steinvil, L Kordova-Biezuner, I Shapira… - Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of short-term exposure to air pollutants on inflammation-
sensitive biomarkers in apparently healthy individuals. METHODS: We enrolled all …

Particulate air pollution and clinical cardiovascular disease risk factors

RP Shanley, RB Hayes, KR Cromar, K Ito… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Long-term exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) air pollution is
associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, the impact of PM on …

Diabetes, obesity, and hypertension may enhance associations between air pollution and markers of systemic inflammation

SD Dubowsky, H Suh, J Schwartz… - Environmental health …, 2006 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Airborne particulate matter (PM) may lead to increased cardiac risk through an inflammatory
pathway. Therefore, we investigated associations between ambient PM and markers of …

Early life exposure to air pollution induces adult cardiac dysfunction

MW Gorr, M Velten, TD Nelin… - American Journal …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Exposure to ambient air pollution contributes to the progression of cardiovascular disease,
particularly in susceptible populations. The objective of the present study was to determine …