Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect

CA Pope III, DW Dockery - Journal of the air & waste management …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Efforts to understand and mitigate the health effects of particulate matter (PM) air pollution
have a rich and interesting history. This review focuses on six substantial lines of research …

[PDF][PDF] Acute respiratory effects of particulate air pollution.

DW Dockery, CA Pope - 1994 - aivc.org
In the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, several episodes of extrethe air pollution focused attention on
the potential for adverse health effects of air pollution.\t~ ese included an episode in the …

Particulate air pollution as a predictor of mortality in a prospective study of US adults

CA Pope, MJ Thun, MM Namboodiri… - American journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBJECTS IN BASELINE ANALYTIC COHORT
DERIVED FROM THE ACS, CPS-II STUDY COHORT, 1982-1989 mortality and particulate …

Epidemiology of fine particulate air pollution and human health: biologic mechanisms and who's at risk?

CA Pope 3rd - Environmental health perspectives, 2000 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
This article briefly summarizes the epidemiology of the health effects of fine particulate air
pollution, provides an early, somewhat speculative, discussion of the contribution of …

Review of epidemiological evidence of health effects of particulate air pollution

CA Pope, DW Dockery, J Schwartz - Inhalation toxicology, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
This article summarizes epidemiological evidence of health effects of particulate air
pollution. Acute exposure to elevated levels of particulate air pollution has been associated …

Air pollution from truck traffic and lung function in children living near motorways

B Brunekreef, NAH Janssen, J de Hartog… - …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
The contribution of motorized traffic to air pollution is widely recognized, but relatively few
studies have looked at the respiratory health status of subjects living near busy roads. We …

Health effects of particulate air pollution: time for reassessment?

CA Pope 3rd, DV Bates… - Environmental health …, 1995 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Numerous studies have observed health effects of particulate air pollution. Compared to
early studies that focused on severe air pollution episodes, recent studies are more relevant …

Acute effects of air pollution on pediatric asthma exacerbation: evidence of association and effect modification

E Samoli, PT Nastos, AG Paliatsos, K Katsouyanni… - Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
We investigated the short-term effects of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter<
10μg/m3 (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) on pediatric …

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 9

National Research Council, Division on Earth… - 2009 - books.google.com
Page 1 Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels Committee on Toxicology Board on
Environmental Studies and Toxicology Division on Earth and Life Studies Page 2 THE …

Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory disease

J Schwartz - Epidemiology, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Several recent studies have reported associations between short term changes in air
pollution and respiratory hospital admissions. Most of those studies analyzed locations …