[HTML][HTML] Severe atmospheric pollution in the Middle East is attributable to anthropogenic sources

S Osipov, S Chowdhury, JN Crowley, I Tadic… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract In the Middle East, desert dust is assumed to dominate air pollution, being in
permanent violation of public health guidelines. Here we present ship-borne measurements …

Protecting cardiovascular health from wildfire smoke

MB Hadley, SB Henderson, M Brauer, R Vedanthan - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Wildfire smoke is a rapidly growing threat to global cardiovascular health. We review the
literature linking wildfire smoke exposures to cardiovascular effects. We find substantial …

Coarse particulate air pollution and daily mortality: a global study in 205 cities

C Liu, J Cai, R Chen, F Sera, Y Guo, S Tong… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The associations between ambient coarse particulate matter (PM2. 5–10) and
daily mortality are not fully understood on a global scale. Objectives: To evaluate the short …

[HTML][HTML] How the Air Clean Plan and carbon mitigation measures co-benefited China in PM2. 5 reduction and health from 2014 to 2020

Z Wang, B Hu, C Zhang, PM Atkinson, Z Wang… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
China implemented a stringent Air Clean Plan (ACP) since 2013 to address environmental
and health risks caused by ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5). However, the policy …

Particulate matter pollution and asthma mortality in China: a nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study from 2015 to 2020

W Liu, J Wei, M Cai, Z Qian, Z Long, L Wang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Background A national and comprehensive evaluation is lacking on the relationship
between short-term exposure to submicron particulate matter (PM 1) pollution and asthma …

[HTML][HTML] Europe-wide air pollution modeling from 2000 to 2019 using geographically weighted regression

Y Shen, K de Hoogh, O Schmitz, N Clinton… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous European land-use regression (LUR) models assumed fixed linear relationships
between air pollution concentrations and predictors such as traffic and land use. We …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter chemical composition and in-hospital case fatality among patients with stroke in China

M Cai, X Lin, X Wang, S Zhang, C Wang… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background There is little evidence on the association between PM 2.5 chemical
components and fatality among hospitalized stroke patients. Methods This study used an …

Role of sleep quality in the acceleration of biological aging and its potential for preventive interaction on air pollution insults: Findings from the UK Biobank cohort

X Gao, N Huang, X Guo, T Huang - Aging Cell, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep has been associated with aging and relevant health outcomes, but the causal
relationship remains inconclusive. In this study, we investigated the associations of sleep …

[HTML][HTML] Controlled human exposure to diesel exhaust: results illuminate health effects of traffic-related air pollution and inform future directions

E Long, C Carlsten - Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2022 - Springer
Air pollution is an issue of increasing interest due to its globally relevant impacts on
morbidity and mortality. Controlled human exposure (CHE) studies are often employed to …

Trends of source apportioned PM2. 5 in Tianjin over 2013–2019: impacts of clean air actions

Q Dai, J Chen, X Wang, T Dai, Y Tian, X Bi, G Shi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A long-term (2013–2019) PM 2.5 speciation dataset measured in Tianjin, the
largest industrial city in northern China, was analyzed with dispersion normalized positive …