A comprehensive understanding of ambient particulate matter and its components on the adverse health effects based from epidemiological and laboratory evidence

T Li, Y Yu, Z Sun, J Duan - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2022 - Springer
The impacts of air pollution on public health have become a great concern worldwide.
Ambient particulate matter (PM) is a major air pollution that comprises a heterogeneous …

Connections between air pollution, climate change, and cardiovascular health

B Alahmad, H Khraishah, K Althalji, W Borchert… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, more people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause. Climate
change, through amplified environmental exposures, will promote and contribute to many …

Liquefied petroleum gas or biomass for cooking and effects on birth weight

TF Clasen, HH Chang, LM Thompson… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Exposure during pregnancy to household air pollution caused by the burning of
solid biomass fuel is associated with adverse health outcomes, including low birth weight …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term health effects from outdoor exposure to biomass burning emissions: A review

A Karanasiou, A Alastuey, F Amato, M Renzi… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass burning (BB) including forest, bush, prescribed fires, agricultural fires, residential
wood combustion, and power generation has long been known to affect climate, air quality …

Field evaluation of low-cost PM sensors (Purple Air PA-II) under variable urban air quality conditions, in Greece

I Stavroulas, G Grivas, P Michalopoulos, E Liakakou… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in particle sensor technologies have led to an increased development and
utilization of low-cost, compact, particulate matter (PM) monitors. These devices can be …

Impacts of climate change on the public health of the Mediterranean Basin population-current situation, projections, preparedness and adaptation

C Linares, J Díaz, M Negev, GS Martínez… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mediterranean Basin is undergoing a warming trend with longer and warmer
summers, an increase in the frequency and the severity of heat waves, changes in …

Association of Sulfur, Transition Metals, and the Oxidative Potential of Outdoor with Acute Cardiovascular Events: A Case-Crossover Study of Canadian Adults

S Weichenthal, E Lavigne, A Traub… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: We do not currently understand how spatiotemporal variations in the
composition of fine particulate air pollution [fine particulate matter with aerodynamic …

Cardiovascular health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure

H Chen, JM Samet, PA Bromberg, H Tong - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, wildland fires have occurred more frequently and with increased intensity in
many fire-prone areas. In addition to the direct life and economic losses attributable to …

Health Effects Associated with PM2.5: a Systematic Review

S Sharma, M Chandra, SH Kota - Current Pollution Reports, 2020 - Springer
Background Air pollution is a global problem with PM 2.5 being one of the major pollutants
causing many diseases. The concentrations of PM 2.5 are found to exceed the World Health …

Low levels of air pollution and health: effect estimates, methodological challenges, and future directions

G Papadogeorgou, MA Kioumourtzoglou… - Current environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Fine particle (PM 2.5) levels have been decreasing in the USA
over the past decades. Our goal was to assess the current literature to characterize the …