Ambient air pollution and its influence on human health and welfare: an overview

AA Almetwally, M Bin-Jumah, AA Allam - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Human health is closely related to his environment. The influence of exposure to air
pollutants on human health and well-being has been an interesting subject and gained …

An overview of inorganic particulate matter emission from coal/biomass/MSW combustion: Sampling and measurement, formation, distribution, inorganic composition …

W Yang, D Pudasainee, R Gupta, W Li, B Wang… - Fuel Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper systematically reviews the PM sampling and measurement methods, formation
mechanisms, distribution, inorganic composition and the factors influencing PM emission …

Air pollution, genetic factors, and the risk of lung cancer: a prospective study in the UK Biobank

Y Huang, M Zhu, M Ji, J Fan, J Xie, X Wei… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to lung cancer, but the degree
to which air pollution modifies the impact of genetic susceptibility on lung cancer remains …

[HTML][HTML] Role of air pollutants in airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in asthma and COPD

M Aghapour, ND Ubags, D Bruder… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Chronic exposure to environmental pollutants is a major contributor to the development and
progression of obstructive airway diseases, including asthma and COPD. Understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in air quality research–current and emerging challenges

RS Sokhi, N Moussiopoulos, A Baklanov… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
This review provides a community's perspective on air quality research focusing mainly on
developments over the past decade. The article provides perspectives on current and future …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of outdoor air pollution on asthma exacerbations in children and adults: systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis

P Orellano, N Quaranta, J Reynoso, B Balbi… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Several observational studies have suggested that outdoor air pollution may
induce or aggravate asthma. However, epidemiological results are inconclusive due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollutants and early origins of respiratory diseases

D Kim, Z Chen, LF Zhou, SX Huang - Chronic diseases and translational …, 2018 - Elsevier
Air pollution is a global health threat and causes millions of human deaths annually. The late
onset of respiratory diseases in children and adults due to prenatal or perinatal exposure to …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden of COPD attributable to ambient PM2. 5 in 204 countries and territories, 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease …

X Yang, T Zhang, Y Zhang, H Chen, S Sang - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global spatiotemporal pattern of the COPD burden attributable to ambient PM2. 5 is
unknown in the context of the continuing increase in exposure to ambient PM2. 5. Data on …

[HTML][HTML] Function of PM2. 5 in the pathogenesis of lung cancer and chronic airway inflammatory diseases

R Li, R Zhou, J Zhang - Oncology letters, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Previous research has identified that air pollution is associated with various respiratory
diseases, but few studies have investigated the function served by particulate matter 2.5 …

[HTML][HTML] Global warming and its health impact

A Rossati - The international journal of occupational and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the mid-19 th century, human activities have increased greenhouse gases such as
carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the Earth's atmosphere that resulted in …