Abstract Ultrafine particles (PM0. 1), which are present in the air in large numbers, pose a
health risk. They generally enter the body through the lungs but translocate to essentially all …

Greenspace in urban areas may have greater protective health effects than elsewhere.
Urban dwellers experience more environmental harmful exposures, attentional demands …

Communities of color in the United States are systematically exposed to higher levels of air
pollution. We explore here how redlining, a discriminatory mortgage appraisal practice from …

Background Paediatric asthma incidence is associated with exposure to traffic-related air
pollution (TRAP), but the TRAP-attributable burden remains poorly quantified. Nitrogen …

Objectives Due to their small size, ultrafine particles (UFP) are believed to exert higher
toxicity than larger particles. As numerous studies on health effects of UFP have been …

Air pollution affects billions of people worldwide, yet ambient pollution measurements are
limited for much of the world. Urban air pollution concentrations vary sharply over short …

Background: Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease worldwide, affecting
358 million people in 2015. Ambient air pollution exacerbates asthma among populations …

Wildfires have become an important source of particulate matter (PM2. 5< 2.5-µm diameter),
leading to unhealthy air quality index occurrences in the western United States. Since …

Transportation policies, plans, and projects all flow through state institutions because of the
substantial cost of infrastructure and the need to assess transportation system performance …

Background Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter less than 2· 5 μm in diameter (PM
2· 5) and traffic-related air pollutant concentrations are associated with cardiovascular risk …