Air pollution and its health impacts in Malaysia: a review

RSA Usmani, A Saeed, AM Abdullahi, TR Pillai… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2020 - Springer
Air pollution is strongly tied to climate change. Industrialization and fossil fuel combustion
are the main contributors leading to climate change, also being significant sources of air …

Exposure to urban particulate matter and its association with human health risks

YA Alemayehu, SL Asfaw, TA Terfie - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Human health and environmental risks are increasing following air pollution associated with
vehicular and industrial emissions in which particulate matter is a constituent. The purpose …

The relationship between trees and human health: evidence from the spread of the emerald ash borer

GH Donovan, DT Butry, YL Michael… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Several recent studies have identified a relationship between the natural
environment and improved health outcomes. However, for practical reasons, most have …

PM2. 5 promotes plaque vulnerability at different stages of atherosclerosis and the formation of foam cells via TLR4/MyD88/NFκB pathway

J Geng, H Liu, P Ge, T Hu, Y Zhang, X Zhang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Clinical evidence has shown an elevated myocardial infarction (MI) risk after PM2. 5
(particulate matter< 2.5 μm) exposure. Incident MI may result from rupture of vulnerable …

Is tree loss associated with cardiovascular-disease risk in the Women's Health Initiative? A natural experiment

GH Donovan, YL Michael, D Gatziolis, JP Prestemon… - Health & place, 2015 - Elsevier
Data from the Women's Health Initiative were used to quantify the relationship between the
loss of trees to an invasive forest pest—the emerald ash borer—and cardiovascular disease …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling PM2. 5 and PM10 using a robust simplified linear regression machine learning algorithm

J Gregório, C Gouveia-Caridade, PJSB Caridade - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
The machine learning algorithm based on multiple-input multiple-output linear regression
models has been developed to describe PM2. 5 and PM10 concentrations over time. The …

A comprehensive evaluation of the association between ambient air pollution and adverse health outcomes of major organ systems: a systematic review with a …

J Bazyar, N Pourvakhshoori, H Khankeh… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Ambient air pollution is nowadays one of the most crucial contributors to deteriorating health
status worldwide. The components of air pollution include PM 2.5 and PM 10, NO 2, SO 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Application of acoustic agglomeration to enhance air filtration efficiency in air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation (ACMV) systems

BF Ng, JW Xiong, MP Wan - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The recent episodes of haze in Southeast Asia have caused some of the worst regional
atmospheric pollution ever recorded in history. In order to control the levels of airborne fine …

[HTML][HTML] Association between PM10 and specific circulatory system diseases in China

Y Zhang, Y Ma, F Feng, B Cheng, H Wang, J Shen… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Particulate matter (PM) has been proved to be a risk factor for the development of circulatory
system diseases (CSDs) around the world. In this study, we collected daily air pollutants …

[HTML][HTML] Burnt sugarcane harvesting–cardiovascular effects on a group of healthy workers, Brazil

CMG Barbosa, M Terra-Filho, ALP de Albuquerque… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugarcane. Harvest is predominantly
manual, exposing workers to health risks: intense physical exertion, heat, pollutants from …