“Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here,” asked Alice.“That depends a
good deal on where you want to go to,” said the cat.(Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in …

During the last decade, concerns have increased within both political and scientific
communities over the impact of airborne particulate matter (PM) on public health. This …

Significance: Air pollution is a considerable global threat to human health that dramatically
increases the risk for cardiovascular pathologies, such as atherosclerosis, myocardial …

Population exposures to ambient outdoor particulate matter (PM) air pollution have been
assessed to represent a major burden on global health. Ambient PM is a diverse class of air …

Air pollution, especially airborne particulate matter (PM), is associated with an increase in
both morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, although the underlying …

Inflammation provides a potential mechanistic link between inhalation of particles and the
diverse health effects found in epidemiologic studies. Considerable uncertainty remains as …

Exposure to ambient air pollution particles (PM) has been associated with increased
cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality, particularly in individuals with pre-existing disease …

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

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 …

The relationship between increased exposure to PM and adverse cardiovascular effects is
well documented in epidemiological studies. Inflammation in the lungs, caused by deposited …