A systematic literature review and critical appraisal of epidemiological studies on outdoor air pollution and tuberculosis outcomes

I Popovic, RJS Magalhaes, E Ge, GB Marks… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ambient air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor for disease globally. Air
pollutants can increase the risk of some respiratory infections, but their effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term residential exposure to PM2. 5, PM10, black carbon, NO2, and ozone and mortality in a Danish cohort

UA Hvidtfeldt, M Sørensen, C Geels, M Ketzel… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Air pollutants such as NO 2 and PM 2.5 have consistently been linked to mortality, but only
few previous studies have addressed associations with long-term exposure to black carbon …

Quantifying population exposure to air pollution using individual mobility patterns inferred from mobile phone data

MM Nyhan, I Kloog, R Britter, C Ratti… - Journal of exposure …, 2019 - nature.com
A critical question in environmental epidemiology is whether air pollution exposures of large
populations can be refined using individual mobile-device-based mobility patterns. Cellular …

Population dynamics based on mobile phone data to improve air pollution exposure assessments

M Picornell, T Ruiz, R Borge… - Journal of exposure …, 2019 - nature.com
Air pollution is one of the greatest challenges cities are facing today and improving air
quality is a pressing need to reduce negative health impacts. In order to efficiently evaluate …

Health benefit assessment of PM2. 5 reduction in Pearl River Delta region of China using a model-monitor data fusion approach

J Li, Y Zhu, JT Kelly, CJ Jang, S Wang, A Hanna… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pearl River Delta (PRD), one of the most polluted and populous regions of
China, experienced a 28% reduction in fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) concentration …

Comparison of model estimates from an intra-city land use regression model with a national satellite-LUR and a regional Bayesian Maximum Entropy model, in …

CT Cowie, F Garden, E Jegasothy, LD Knibbs… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Methods for estimating air pollutant exposures for epidemiological studies are
becoming more complex in an effort to minimise exposure error and its associated bias …

Air pollution control and the occurrence of acute respiratory illness in school children of Quito, Ecuador

B Estrella, F Sempértegui, OH Franco… - Journal of public health …, 2019 - Springer
Because of air quality management and control, traffic-related air pollution has declined in
Quito, Ecuador. We evaluated the effect of a city-wide 5-year air pollution control program on …

The impact of air exchange rate on ambient air pollution exposure and inequalities across all residential parcels in Massachusetts

A Rosofsky, JI Levy, MS Breen, A Zanobetti… - Journal of exposure …, 2019 - nature.com
Individual housing characteristics can modify outdoor ambient air pollution infiltration
through air exchange rate (AER). Time and labor-intensive methods needed to measure …

Using Chemical Transport Model Predictions To Improve Exposure Assessment of PM2.5 Constituents

J Hu, B Ostro, H Zhang, Q Ying… - … Science & Technology …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Air pollution health-effect studies commonly use central monitor concentrations (CMCs) of
airborne fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) to represent population exposure near the …

[HTML][HTML] Activity-based air pollution exposure assessment: differences between homemakers and cycling commuters

M Lu, O Schmitz, I Vaartjes, D Karssenberg - Health & place, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-term air pollution exposure may lead to an increase in incidences and mortality rates
of chronic diseases and adversely affect human health. The effects of long-term air pollution …