Air pollution is increasingly recognized as an important and modifiable determinant of
cardiovascular disease in urban communities. Acute exposure has been linked to a range of …

An association between high levels of air pollutants and human disease has been known for
more than half a century. Air pollution is composed of a heterogeneous mixture of …

● Employers should administer health risk appraisals in combination with organizational
health promotion checklists that have already been developed for the worksite before …

Background Mechanisms involving oxidative stress and inflammation have been proposed
to explain associations of ambient air pollution with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality …

Background Biomarkers of systemic inflammation have been associated with risk of
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Objectives We aimed to clarify associations of …

Background The toxic and inflammatory potential of 5 different types of nanoparticles were
studied in a sensitive model for pulmonary effects in apolipoprotein E knockout mice (ApoE …

Aim Exposure to road traffic and air pollution may be a trigger of acute myocardial infarction,
but the individual pollutants responsible for this effect have not been established. We assess …

Exposure to air pollution is associated with adverse effects on health. In particular, a strong
epidemiologic association is observed between acute and chronic exposures to particulate …

A brief primer: Air pollution is a complex mixture of gases and particles derived from both
human activity (transport, industry etc) and natural sources (windblown dust, sea-salt spray …

Background: Associations between blood pressure (BP) and ambient air pollution have
been inconsistent. No studies have used ambulatory BP monitoring and outdoor home air …