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 …

Air pollution and noncommunicable diseases: A review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 2: Air pollution and organ …

DE Schraufnagel, JR Balmes, CT Cowl, S De Matteis… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Although air pollution is well known to be harmful to the lung and airways, it can also
damage most other organ systems of the body. It is estimated that about 500,000 lung …

Personal-level protective actions against particulate matter air pollution exposure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

S Rajagopalan, M Brauer, A Bhatnagar, DL Bhatt… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Since the publication of the last American Heart Association scientific statement on air
pollution and cardiovascular disease in 2010, unequivocal evidence of the causal role of …

Effects of gaseous and solid constituents of air pollution on endothelial function

T Münzel, T Gori, S Al-Kindi, J Deanfield… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Ambient air pollution is a leading cause of non-communicable disease globally. The largest
proportion of deaths and morbidity due to air pollution is now known to be due to …

Portable air purification: Review of impacts on indoor air quality and health

E Cheek, V Guercio, C Shrubsole… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
A systematic literature review was carried out to examine the impact of portable air purifiers
(PAPs) on indoor air quality (PM 2.5) and health, focussing on adults and children in indoor …

Environmental factors in cardiovascular disease

KE Cosselman, A Navas-Acien… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Environmental exposure is an important but underappreciated risk factor contributing to the
development and severity of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The heart and vascular system …

Willingness to pay for clean air: Evidence from air purifier markets in China

K Ito, S Zhang - Journal of Political Economy, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
We develop a framework to estimate willingness to pay for clean air from defensive
investments on differentiated products. Applying this framework to scanner data on air …

Improving indoor air quality, health and performance within environments where people live, travel, learn and work

FJ Kelly, JC Fussell - Atmospheric Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
In today's' indoor generation', most human activities take place within an enclosed space,
characterised by a chemically diverse and complex air quality. Although source control is the …

Indoor air pollution and respiratory health

S Raju, T Siddharthan… - Clinics in chest …, 2020 - chestmed.theclinics.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that household air pollution (HAP)
accounts for an estimated 4.3 million premature deaths annually and 110 million disability …

Review of the health effects of wildland fire smoke on wildland firefighters and the public

O Adetona, TE Reinhardt, J Domitrovich… - Inhalation …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Each year, the general public and wildland firefighters in the US are exposed to smoke from
wildland fires. As part of an effort to characterize health risks of breathing this smoke, a …