The impact of climate change on the environment, biosphere, and biodiversity has become
more evident in the recent years. Human activities have increased atmospheric …

Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that particulate matter (PM) air pollution
contributes to approximately 800,000 premature deaths each year, ranking it the 13th …

Background Although exposure to cigarette smoking and air pollution is common, the
current prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unknown in the …

Background Air-pollution levels have been trending downward progressively over the past
several decades in southern California, as a result of the implementation of air quality …

Asthma and allergy are common conditions with complex etiologies involving both genetic
and environmental contributions. Recent genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) and …

The technology to recover natural gas depends on undisclosed types and amounts of toxic
chemicals. A list of 944 products containing 632 chemicals used during natural gas …

Background Together with smoking, the lung function attained in early adulthood is one of
the strongest predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We aimed to investigate …

BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most frequent chronic disease in children, and children are at
high risk for adverse health consequences associated with ambient air pollution (AAP) …

Background Early life is suggested to be a critical time in determining subsequent asthma
development, but the extent to which the effect of early-life exposure to ambient air pollution …

Metal components in fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) from nontailpipe emissions may play an
important role in underlying the adverse respiratory effects of PM2. 5. We investigated the …