Background It remains unclear whether type 2 diabetes and the complication of arthritis are
causally related to the PM 2.5 pollutant. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the associations …

PM 2.5 is an important indicator reflecting air quality variations. Currently, environmental
pollution related issues have become more severe that significantly threaten human health …

Background Multiple characteristics of the urban environment have been shown to influence
population health and health-related behaviours, though the distribution and combined …

Background The associations of long-term exposure to air pollutants in the presence of
asthmatic symptoms remain inconclusive and the joint effects of air pollutants as a mixture …

There is increasing recognition that people are experiencing stress and anxiety around
climate change, and that this climate stress/anxiety may be associated with more pro …

Background Long-term exposure to PM 2.5 is proved to be linked with mortality. However,
limited studies have estimated the PM 2.5 related loss of life expectancy (LLE) and its …

Anemia has been a public health issue evoking global concern, and the low hemoglobin
(Hb) concentration links to adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, the associations of PM2 …

Background Few studies have investigated the association between exposure to fine
particulate matter (PM 2.5) and infant mortality in developing countries, especially for the …

The climatological variations of aerosol optical properties are significant in the study of
aerosol effect on regional environment. The MODIS level 2 aerosol optical depth (AOD) …

We performed more than a year of mobile, 1 Hz measurements of lung-deposited surface
area (LDSA, the surface area of 20–400 nm diameter particles, deposited in alveolar regions …