Ascorbate oxidation by iron, copper and reactive oxygen species: Review, model development, and derivation of key rate constants

J Shen, PT Griffiths, SJ Campbell, B Utinger… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Ascorbic acid is among the most abundant antioxidants in the lung, where it likely plays a
key role in the mechanism by which particulate air pollution initiates a biological response …

The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

PJ Landrigan, R Fuller, NJR Acosta, O Adeyi, R Arnold… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature
death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 …

Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe

KR Daellenbach, G Uzu, J Jiang, LE Cassagnes… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Particulate matter is a component of ambient air pollution that has been linked to millions of
annual premature deaths globally,–. Assessments of the chronic and acute effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Global health burden of ambient PM2. 5 and the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols

S Chowdhury, A Pozzer, A Haines… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2. 5) poses a major global health risk,
commonly assessed by assuming equivalent toxicity for different PM 2. 5 constituents. We …

Review of acellular assays of ambient particulate matter oxidative potential: methods and relationships with composition, sources, and health effects

JT Bates, T Fang, V Verma, L Zeng… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Oxidative stress is a potential mechanism of action for particulate matter (PM) toxicity and
can occur when the body's antioxidant capacity cannot counteract or detoxify harmful effects …

Aerosol health effects from molecular to global scales

M Shiraiwa, K Ueda, A Pozzer, G Lammel… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Poor air quality is globally the largest environmental health risk. Epidemiological studies
have uncovered clear relationships of gaseous pollutants and particulate matter (PM) with …

Mortality attributable to ambient air pollution: A review of global estimates

A Pozzer, SC Anenberg, S Dey, A Haines… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the publication of the first epidemiological study to establish the connection between
long‐term exposure to atmospheric pollution and effects on human health, major efforts …

Highly acidic ambient particles, soluble metals, and oxidative potential: a link between sulfate and aerosol toxicity

T Fang, H Guo, L Zeng, V Verma… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Soluble transition metals in particulate matter (PM) can generate reactive oxygen species in
vivo by redox cycling, leading to oxidative stress and adverse health effects. Most metals …

Air pollution as a risk factor for incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. A 15-year population-based cohort study

S Shin, L Bai, RT Burnett, JC Kwong… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Current evidence on the relationship between long-term exposure to air pollution
and new onset of chronic lung disease is inconclusive. Objectives: To examine associations …

p-Phenylenediamine-Derived Quinones as New Contributors to the Oxidative Potential of Fine Particulate Matter

W Wang, G Cao, J Zhang, Z Chen, C Dong… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) has been linked to multiple adverse outcomes,
where redox-active species-induced oxidative stress is recognized as an important driver of …