… Beijing’s severe air pollution results in very high AOD especially during our study period.
Standard MODIS Dark Target (DT) AOD cannot be retrieved over bright surfaces such as urban …

… [1] On 8–11 July 2007 the eastern United States experienced a severe heat wave and smog
… of this severe smog event–a broad area of high pressure, weak winds and heavy pollution, …

… of various air pollution factors, including particulate matter, on the incidence rate of severe
acute … According to our results, PM and air pollution increase the incidence rate of severe …

… It has been suggested that subjects with more severe asthma may be more susceptible
and show more severe adverse events to air pollution [27]. Recently, TAGGART et al. [28] …

… health effects of air pollution on patients suffering from severe asthma. We wanted to test
the sensitivity of these patients to Paris air pollution. During 13 months, 60 severe asthmatics (…

… Air pollution was evaluated by the air pollution index (API).17, 18 CNEPA calculates individual
pollution indices for five major air pollutants, including particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, …

… of air pollution on body weight status remains mixed. Future studies should assess the impact
of severe air pollution on … and psychosocial pathways linking air pollution to body weight. …

… By the 1930s, observations of increased mortality following severe air pollution episodes
had been documented [2] and were later epitomized by the London fog episode of 1952 [3]. In …

… Events of severe air pollution occurred frequently in China recently, thus understanding of
the air pollution characteristics and its health risks is very important. In this work, we analyzed …

… particulate air pollution and respiratory disease. Early studies focused on severe air pollution
… Although few data were available regarding concentrations of air pollutants during these …