[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] Sources, characteristics, toxicity, and control of ultrafine particles: An overview

AL Moreno-Ríos, LP Tejeda-Benítez… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) is one of the main threats to human health,
particularly in large cities where pollution levels are continually exceeded. According to their …

The Role of Fossil Fuel Combustion Metals in PM2.5 Air Pollution Health Associations

P Maciejczyk, LC Chen, G Thurston - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review, we elucidate the central role played by fossil fuel combustion in the health-
related effects that have been associated with inhalation of ambient fine particulate matter …

Hydroxyl radical production by air pollutants in epithelial lining fluid governed by interconversion and scavenging of reactive oxygen species

S Lelieveld, J Wilson, E Dovrou, A Mishra… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Air pollution is a major risk factor for human health. Chemical reactions in the epithelial
lining fluid (ELF) of the human respiratory tract result in the formation of reactive oxygen …

Association of Sulfur, Transition Metals, and the Oxidative Potential of Outdoor with Acute Cardiovascular Events: A Case-Crossover Study of Canadian Adults

S Weichenthal, E Lavigne, A Traub… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: We do not currently understand how spatiotemporal variations in the
composition of fine particulate air pollution [fine particulate matter with aerodynamic …

Superoxide release by macrophages through NADPH oxidase activation dominating chemistry by isoprene secondary organic aerosols and quinones to cause …

T Fang, YK Huang, J Wei… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oxidative stress mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) is a key process for adverse
aerosol health effects. Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) account for a major fraction of fine …

Reflections of an aging free radical

B Halliwell - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
In this mini-reflection, I explain how during my doctoral work in a Botany Department I first
became interested in H 2 O 2 and later in my career in other reactive oxygen species …

Environmental air pollutants affecting skin functions with systemic implications

G Bocheva, RM Slominski, AT Slominski - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increase in air pollution worldwide represents an environmental risk factor that has
global implications for the health of humans worldwide. The skin of billions of people is …

The oxidative potential of particulate matter (PM) in different regions around the world and its relation to air pollution sources

VJ Farahani, A Altuwayjiri, M Pirhadi… - Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we investigated the impact of urban emission sources on the chemical
composition of ambient particulate matter (PM) as well as the associated oxidative potential …

Cell-free circulating mitochondrial DNA: An emerging biomarker for airborne particulate matter associated with cardiovascular diseases

A Rehman, R Kumari, A Kamthan, R Tiwari… - Free Radical Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The association of airborne particulate matter exposure with the deteriorating function of the
cardiovascular system is fundamentally driven by the impairment of mitochondrial-nuclear …