The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

PJ Landrigan, R Fuller, NJR Acosta, O Adeyi, R Arnold… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature
death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 …

Air pollution and dementia: a systematic review

R Peters, N Ee, J Peters, A Booth… - Journal of …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Background: Both air pollution and dementia are current and growing global issues. There
are plausible links between exposure to specific air pollutants and dementia. Objective: To …

A national cohort study (2000–2018) of long-term air pollution exposure and incident dementia in older adults in the United States

L Shi, K Steenland, H Li, P Liu, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Air pollution may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in the
US, but the extent of this relationship is unclear. Here, we constructed two national US …

[HTML][HTML] The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a target of environmental stressors–Implications for pollution mediated stress and inflammatory responses

CFA Vogel, LS Van Winkle, C Esser… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor regulating the
expression of genes, for instance encoding the monooxygenases cytochrome P450 (CYP) …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the epidemiological evidence of effects of air pollution on dementia, cognitive function and cognitive decline in adult population

JM Delgado-Saborit, V Guercio, AM Gowers… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dementia is arguably the most pressing public health challenge of our age. Since dementia
does not have a cure, identifying risk factors that can be controlled has become paramount …

[HTML][HTML] Sources, characteristics, toxicity, and control of ultrafine particles: An overview

AL Moreno-Ríos, LP Tejeda-Benítez… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) is one of the main threats to human health,
particularly in large cities where pollution levels are continually exceeded. According to their …

Activated carbon from biomass precursors using phosphoric acid: A review

I Neme, G Gonfa, C Masi - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Low-cost and renewable adsorbent activated carbon from lignocellulosic biomass is a focus
of worldwide concern due to its readily available waste disposal problems in the …

PM2. 5 exposure in association with AD-related neuropathology and cognitive outcomes

K Thiankhaw, N Chattipakorn, SC Chattipakorn - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 μm or PM2. 5 is recognized worldwide as
a cause of public health problems, mainly associated with respiratory and cardiovascular …

Air pollution, stress, and allostatic load: linking systemic and central nervous system impacts

EM Thomson - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Air pollution is a risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity and mortality. A
growing literature also links exposure to diverse air pollutants (eg, nanoparticles, particulate …

Mental health consequences of urban air pollution: prospective population-based longitudinal survey

I Bakolis, R Hammoud, R Stewart, S Beevers… - Social psychiatry and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently ranked air pollution as the
major environmental cause of premature death. However, the significant potential health …