Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review

MG Adam, PTM Tran, R Balasubramanian - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across
countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced …

Air pollution and skin diseases: Adverse effects of airborne particulate matter on various skin diseases

KE Kim, D Cho, HJ Park - Life sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental air pollution encompasses various particulate matters (PMs). The increased
ambient PM from industrialization and urbanization is highly associated with morbidity and …

Aerosol health effects from molecular to global scales

M Shiraiwa, K Ueda, A Pozzer, G Lammel… - Environmental …, 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 …

Potential role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air pollution-induced non-malignant respiratory diseases

M Låg, J Øvrevik, M Refsnes, JA Holme - Respiratory research, 2020 - Springer
Epidemiological studies have found strong associations between air pollution and
respiratory effects including development and/or exacerbation of asthma and chronic …

Impact of airborne particulate matter on skin: A systematic review from epidemiology to in vitro studies

IM Dijkhoff, B Drasler, BB Karakocak… - Particle and fibre …, 2020 - Springer
Background Air pollution is killing close to 5 million people a year, and harming billions
more. Air pollution levels remain extremely high in many parts of the world, and air pollution …

Beyond PM2. 5: The role of ultrafine particles on adverse health effects of air pollution

R Chen, B Hu, Y Liu, J Xu, G Yang, D Xu… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Air pollution constitutes the major threat to human health, whereas their
adverse impacts and underlying mechanisms of different particular matters are not clearly …

In vitro assessment reveals the effects of environmentally persistent free radicals on the toxicity of photoaged tire wear particles

Z Liu, Y Sun, J Wang, J Li, H Jia - Environmental Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tire wear particles (TWP) have been identified as one of the major sources of microplastics
(MPs), and few studies have focused on their environmental behaviors and impacts …

Nearly free surface silanols are the critical molecular moieties that initiate the toxicity of silica particles

C Pavan, R Santalucia, R Leinardi… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Inhalation of silica particles can induce inflammatory lung reactions that lead to silicosis
and/or lung cancer when the particles are biopersistent. This toxic activity of silica dusts is …

New insights into pathomechanisms and treatment possibilities for lung silicosis

J Adamcakova, D Mokra - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inhalation of silica particles is an environmental and occupational cause of silicosis, a type
of pneumoconiosis. Development of the lung silicosis is a unique process in which the …

A global perspective of fine particulate matter pollution and its health effects

A Mukherjee, M Agrawal - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 2018 - Springer
Fine particulate matter (PM) in the ambient air is implicated in a variety of human health
issues throughout the globe. Regulation of fine PM in the atmosphere requires information …