Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease with high incidence rate and
mortality rates worldwide. It is the third leading cause of death in the world. Nevertheless …

The respiratory system is continuously exposed to endogenous and exogenous oxidants.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation of …

Rationale: Risk factors for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mortality may include
environmental exposures such as air pollution. Objectives: To determine whether, among …

Bottom-up emission inventories of atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NO x= NO+ NO2) are
usually limited to annual updates and have large uncertainties. The recent launch of the …

Ozone is known to cause bronchial inflammation and airway hyper-responsiveness via
oxidative injury and inflammation. While other ambient air pollutants such as particulate …

Rationale: Outdoor air pollution is a potential risk factor for lower lung function and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Little is known about how airway abnormalities and …

Long-term exposure to air pollution has adverse respiratory health effects. We investigated
the cross-sectional relationship between residential exposure to air pollutants and the risk of …

Exposure to air pollution is a major contributor to the pathogenesis of COPD worldwide.
Indeed, most recent estimates suggest that 50% of the total attributable risk of COPD may be …

The issue of air pollution and the monitoring of air quality is a very serious problem in today's
society. This problem is basically caused by human in activities related to industry …

Objective To analyse the GARD perspective on the health effects of outdoor air pollution,
and to synthesise the Portuguese epidemiological contribution to knowledge on its …