Environmental influences on the pace of brain development

UA Tooley, DS Bassett, AP Mackey - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Childhood socio-economic status (SES), a measure of the availability of material and social
resources, is one of the strongest predictors of lifelong well-being. Here we review evidence …

This is air: The “nonhealth” effects of air pollution

S Aguilar-Gomez, H Dwyer, J Graff Zivin… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
A robust body of evidence shows that air pollution exposure is detrimental to health
outcomes, often measured as deaths and hospitalizations. This literature has focused less …

The short-term impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on urban air pollution in China

G He, Y Pan, T Tanaka - Nature sustainability, 2020 - nature.com
To prevent the escalation of COVID-19 transmission, China locked down one-third of its
cities, which strictly curtailed personal mobility and economic activities. Using …

Passage of exogeneous fine particles from the lung into the brain in humans and animals

Y Qi, S Wei, T Xin, C Huang, Y Pu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
There are still significant knowledge gaps in understanding the intrusion and retention of
exogeneous particles into the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we uncovered various …

Air pollution (particulate matter) exposure and associations with depression, anxiety, bipolar, psychosis and suicide risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis

I Braithwaite, S Zhang, JB Kirkbride… - Environmental …, 2019 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Particulate air pollution's physical health effects are well known, but
associations between particulate matter (PM) exposure and mental illness have not yet been …

Ambient black carbon particles reach the fetal side of human placenta

H Bové, E Bongaerts, E Slenders, EM Bijnens… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Particle transfer across the placenta has been suggested but to date, no direct evidence in
real-life, human context exists. Here we report the presence of black carbon (BC) particles …

Exploring the relationship between air pollution and meteorological conditions in China under environmental governance

Y Liu, Y Zhou, J Lu - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Extensive studies have been carried out on the impact of human activities on air pollution,
but systematic investigation on the relationship between air pollutant and meteorological …

Ambient air pollution increases the risk of cerebrovascular and neuropsychiatric disorders through induction of inflammation and oxidative stress

O Hahad, J Lelieveld, F Birklein, K Lieb… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a well-established determinant of health and disease.
The Lancet Commission on pollution and health concludes that air pollution is the leading …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution lowers Chinese urbanites' expressed happiness on social media

S Zheng, J Wang, C Sun, X Zhang, ME Kahn - Nature human behaviour, 2019 - nature.com
High levels of air pollution in China may contribute to the urban population's reported low
level of happiness,–. To test this claim, we have constructed a daily city-level expressed …

Environmental pollution and socioeconomic health inequality: Evidence from China

L Liao, M Du, Z Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent work on socioeconomic health inequality has explored the possible determinants,
but there is a lack of empirical evidence examining the associations between environmental …