Air pollution and cardiovascular injury: epidemiology, toxicology, and mechanisms

BZ Simkhovich, MT Kleinman, RA Kloner - Journal of the American College …, 2008 - jacc.org
Recent epidemiologic studies show that increased levels of air pollutants are positively
associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Inhalation of air pollutants affects …

Particulate matter properties and health effects: consistency of epidemiological and toxicological studies

PE Schwarze, J Øvrevik, M Låg… - Human & …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Identifying the ambient particulate matter (PM) fractions or constituents, critically involved in
eliciting adverse health effects, is crucial to the implementation of more cost-efficient …

A meta-analysis of time-series studies of ozone and mortality with comparison to the national morbidity, mortality, and air pollution study

ML Bell, F Dominici, JM Samet - Epidemiology, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although many time-series studies of ozone and mortality have identified
positive associations, others have yielded null or inconclusive results, making the results of …

[图书][B] Outdoor air pollution: assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels

B Ostro, World Health Organization - 2004 - apps.who.int
The disease burden of a population, and how that burden is distributed across different
subpopulations (eg infants, women), are important pieces of information for defining …

Urban air pollution

AJ Cohen, HR Anderson, B Ostro, KD Pandey… - … quantification of health …, 2004 - JSTOR
Current scientific evidence, derived largely from studies in North America and Western
Europe (NAWE), indicates that urban air pollution, 1 which is derived largely from …

The air-borne particulate pollution in Beijing—concentration, composition, distribution and sources

Y Sun, G Zhuang, Y Wang, L Han, J Guo, M Dan… - Atmospheric …, 2004 - Elsevier
Aerosol samples of PM2. 5 and PM10 were collected in both summer and winter seasons
from 2002 to 2003 synchronously at a traffic site, an industrial site, and a residential site in …

Monitoring particulate matter in India: recent trends and future outlook

P Pant, RM Lal, SK Guttikunda, AG Russell… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2019 - Springer
Air quality remains a significant environmental health challenge in India, and large sections
of the population live in areas with poor ambient air quality. This article presents a summary …

Spatial and temporal variation of chemical composition and mass closure of ambient coarse particulate matter (PM10–2.5) in the Los Angeles area

K Cheung, N Daher, W Kam, MM Shafer, Z Ning… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
To study the seasonal and spatial characteristics, as well as chemical composition of coarse
(2.5–10 μm) particulate matter (PM), 10 sampling sites were set up in different areas (urban …

Meta-analysis of time-series studies of air pollution and mortality: effects of gases and particles and the influence of cause of death, age, and season

DM Stieb, S Judek, RT Burnett - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
A comprehensive, systematic synthesis was conducted of daily time-series studies of air
pollution and mortality from around the world. Estimates of effect sizes were extracted from …

Differentiating the effects of fine and coarse particles on daily mortality in Shanghai, China

H Kan, SJ London, G Chen, Y Zhang, G Song… - Environment …, 2007 - Elsevier
The findings on health effects of ambient fine particles (PM2. 5) and coarse particles (PM10-
2.5) remain inconsistent. In China, PM2. 5 and PM10-2.5 are not the criteria air pollutants …