Despite past improvements in air quality, very large parts of the population in urban areas
breathe air that does not meet European standards let alone the health-based World Health …

Air pollution has wide-ranging and deleterious effects on human health and is a major issue
for the global community. The Global Burden of Disease study has described the worldwide …

An escalating body of epidemiologic and clinical research provides compelling evidence
that exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution contributes to the development of …

Air pollution is a significant cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Although the epidemiologic association between air pollution exposures and exacerbation …

Exposure to combustion‐related particulate matter (PM), at concentrations experienced by
populations throughout the world, contributes to pulmonary and cardiac disease through …

Air pollutants (AP) play a role in subclinical inflammation, and are associated with
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is inflammatory and …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an incurable global health burden and is
characterised by progressive airflow limitation and loss of lung function. In addition to the …

A fuel-based approach is used to assess long-term trends (1970–2010) in mobile source
emissions of black carbon (BC) and organic aerosol (OA, including both primary emissions …

Background Combustion-generated fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is associated with
cardiovascular morbidity. Both traffic-related air pollution and residential wood combustion …

To explore associations of exposure to ambient and indoor air particulate and bio-aerosol
pollutants with cardiovascular and respiratory disease markers, we utilized seven repeated …