European Society of Cardiology: cardiovascular disease statistics 2021

A Timmis, P Vardas, N Townsend… - European heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims This report from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas Project updates and
expands upon the widely cited 2019 report in presenting cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to PM and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Chen, G Hoek - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
As new scientific evidence on health effects of air pollution is generated, air quality
guidelines need to be periodically updated. The objective of this review is to support the …

PM2.5 air pollution and cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality

RB Hayes, C Lim, Y Zhang, K Cromar… - International journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Ambient air pollution is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, yet
uncertainty remains about the size of risks at lower levels of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) …

Long‐Term PM2.5 Exposure and Risks of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke Events: Review and Meta‐Analysis

SE Alexeeff, NS Liao, X Liu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Fine particulate matter< 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2. 5) has known effects on
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, no study has quantified and compared the …

The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

PJ Landrigan, R Fuller, NJR Acosta, O Adeyi, R Arnold… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature
death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality and morbidity effects of long-term exposure to low-level PM2. 5, BC, NO2, and O3: an analysis of European cohorts in the ELAPSE Project

B Brunekreef, M Strak, J Chen… - … Health Effects Institute, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND The growing scientific evidence for effects of air pollution on health at
concentrations below current air quality standards and the large burden of disease attributed …

[HTML][HTML] Fine particulate air pollution and human mortality: 25+ years of cohort studies

CA Pope III, N Coleman, ZA Pond, RT Burnett - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Much of the key epidemiological evidence that long-term exposure to fine particulate matter
air pollution (PM 2.5) contributes to increased risk of mortality comes from survival studies of …

The contribution of the exposome to the burden of cardiovascular disease

T Münzel, M Sørensen, O Hahad… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Large epidemiological and health impact assessment studies at the global scale, such as
the Global Burden of Disease project, indicate that chronic non-communicable diseases …

A joint ERS/ATS policy statement: what constitutes an adverse health effect of air pollution? An analytical framework

GD Thurston, H Kipen… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The American Thoracic Society has previously published statements on what constitutes an
adverse effect on health of air pollution in 1985 and 2000. We set out to update and broaden …

Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease in China

F Liang, F Liu, K Huang, X Yang, J Li, Q Xiao… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Background Evidence of the effects of long-term fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) exposure on
cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is rare for populations exposed to high levels of PM2. 5 in …