[HTML][HTML] How can vegetation protect us from air pollution? A critical review on green spaces' mitigation abilities for air-borne particles from a public health perspective …

A Diener, P Mudu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution causes the largest death toll among environmental risks globally, but
interventions to purify ambient air remain inadequate. Vegetation and green spaces have …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of the health effects of ambient particulate matter air pollution from five emission sources

NJ Hime, GB Marks, CT Cowie - International journal of environmental …, 2018 - mdpi.com
This article briefly reviews evidence of health effects associated with exposure to particulate
matter (PM) air pollution from five common outdoor emission sources: traffic, coal-fired …

Ischemic heart disease mortality and long-term exposure to source-related components of US fine particle air pollution

GD Thurston, RT Burnett, MC Turner… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air pollution exposure has been identified as a
global health threat. However, the types and sources of particles most responsible are not …

Particulate matter components, sources, and health: Systematic approaches to testing effects

K Adams, DS Greenbaum, R Shaikh… - Journal of the Air & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Exposure to particulate matter (PM) is associated with adverse health outcomes. There has
long been a question as to whether some components of the PM mixture are of greater …

Characterization of PAHs and metals in indoor/outdoor PM10/PM2. 5/PM1 in a retirement home and a school dormitory

MS Hassanvand, K Naddafi, S Faridi… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present work, we investigated the characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and metal (loid) s in indoor/outdoor PM 10, PM 2.5, and PM 1 in a retirement home …

Highway proximity and black carbon from cookstoves as a risk factor for higher blood pressure in rural China

J Baumgartner, Y Zhang, JJ Schauer… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Air pollution in China and other parts of Asia poses large health risks and is an important
contributor to global climate change. Almost half of Chinese homes use biomass and coal …

Short-term associations between fine and coarse particulate matter and hospitalizations in Southern Europe: results from the MED-PARTICLES project

M Stafoggia, E Samoli, E Alessandrini… - Environmental …, 2013 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Evidence on the short-term effects of fine and coarse particles on morbidity in
Europe is scarce and inconsistent. Objectives: We aimed to estimate the association …

[HTML][HTML] Unequal airborne exposure to toxic metals associated with race, ethnicity, and segregation in the USA

JK Kodros, ML Bell, F Dominici, C L'Orange… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Persons of color have been exposed to a disproportionate burden of air pollution across the
United States for decades. Yet, the inequality in exposure to known toxic elements of air …

Oxidative potential and inflammatory impacts of source apportioned ambient air pollution in Beijing

Q Liu, J Baumgartner, Y Zhang, Y Liu… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Air pollution exposure is associated with a range of adverse health impacts. Knowledge of
the chemical components and sources of air pollution most responsible for these health …

Reductions in mortality resulting from reduced air pollution levels due to COVID-19 mitigation measures

JY Son, KC Fong, S Heo, H Kim, CC Lim… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
To control the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, state and local governments
in the United States have implemented several mitigation efforts that resulted in lower …