Despite considerable air pollution prevention and control measures that have been put into
practice in recent years, outdoor air pollution remains one of the most important risk factors …

Exposure to high levels of air pollution can cause a variety of adverse health outcomes. Air
quality in developed countries has been generally improved over the last three decades …

It is well established that exposure to ambient air pollution affects human health. A majority
of literature concentrated on health effects of air pollution in high income countries. Only …

Pollution of the air have been known since the early man discovered fire and started to use
biomass for heating and preparing food. However, many people consider that ambient air …

Background There has been a notable increase in knowledge production on air pollution
and human health. Objective To analyze the state of the art on the effects of air pollution on …

Abstract Searching, PubMed (accessed Nov. 10, 2015) for “Air pollution” and “Health”
resulted in 26,156 citations. Since the 1930 Meuse Valley episode in Belgium, Donora 1948 …

Background Understanding public health risk perceptions is essential in efficient
environmental health management. In the light of the negative impact of air pollution on …

The health effects of air pollution were recognized after the Industrial Revolution with a
transition to manufacturing processes that utilize fuel burning and the emergence of large …

The aim of this study was to review original scientific articles describing the relationship
between atmospheric pollution and damage to human health. We also aimed to determine …

Objective To analyse the GARD perspective on the health effects of outdoor air pollution,
and to synthesise the Portuguese epidemiological contribution to knowledge on its …