Trends in urban air pollution over the last two decades: A global perspective

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, SC Anenberg… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3), fine particles (PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) are
the most harmful urban air pollutants regarding human health effects. Here, we aimed at …

[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 …

Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE …

M Stafoggia, B Oftedal, J Chen… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with
premature mortality, but associations at concentrations lower than current annual limit …

Pollution and the heart

S Rajagopalan, PJ Landrigan - New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Pollution and the Heart Environmental pollution is a cardiovascular risk factor. The Global
Burden of Disease study estimated that pollution caused 9 million deaths in 2019, of which …

The effect of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across China and its provinces, 1990–2017: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease …

P Yin, M Brauer, AJ Cohen, H Wang, J Li… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Air pollution is an important public health concern in China, with high levels of
exposure to both ambient and household air pollution. To inform action at provincial levels in …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to NO2 and O3 and all-cause and respiratory mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

P Huangfu, R Atkinson - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Background WHO has published several volumes of Global Air Quality Guidelines to provide
guidance on the health risks associated with exposure to outdoor air pollution. As new …

Environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease: lessons learned from air pollution

SG Al-Kindi, RD Brook, S Biswal… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Air pollution is well recognized as a major risk factor for chronic non-communicable
diseases and has been estimated to contribute more to global morbidity and mortality than …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond CO2 equivalence: The impacts of methane on climate, ecosystems, and health

KA Mar, C Unger, L Walderdorff, T Butler - Environmental science & policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article we review the physical and chemical properties of methane (CH 4) relevant to
impacts on climate, ecosystems, and air pollution, and examine the extent to which this is …

Ozone pollution: a major health hazard worldwide

J Zhang, Y Wei, Z Fang - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released into the
atmosphere can react in the presence of solar irradiation, leading to ozone formation in the …

A national cohort study (2000–2018) of long-term air pollution exposure and incident dementia in older adults in the United States

L Shi, K Steenland, H Li, P Liu, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Air pollution may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in the
US, but the extent of this relationship is unclear. Here, we constructed two national US …