Background: Air pollution exposure increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and is
a major global public health concern. Objectives: We investigated the benefits of reducing …

Background Exposure to air pollution is an important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity
and mortality, and is associated with increased blood pressure, reduced heart rate …

Background Studies have shown that long‐term exposure to air pollution such as fine
particulate matter (≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter [PM 2.5]) increases the risk of all …

Abstract Purpose of Review Air pollution is established as an independent risk factor for
cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Ambient particulate matter (PM), a principal component of …

Since the publication of the last American Heart Association scientific statement on air
pollution and cardiovascular disease in 2010, unequivocal evidence of the causal role of …

Evidence of long-term effects of high exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) on
coronary heart disease (CHD) remains limited. We incorporated the high-resolution satellite …

Clinical and epidemiological studies demonstrate that short-and long-term exposure to air
pollution increases mortality due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Given the …

Ambient and household air pollution is a major health problem worldwide, contributing
annually to approximately seven million of all-cause avoidable deaths, shorter life …

Background Exposure to fine particulate air pollution is associated with increased
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We previously demonstrated that exposure to dilute …

An escalating body of epidemiologic and clinical research provides compelling evidence
that exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution contributes to the development of …