Air pollution has wide-ranging and deleterious effects on human health and is a major issue
for the global community. The Global Burden of Disease study has described the worldwide …

Adaptation to increasing extreme heat in a changing climate requires a precise
understanding of who is most vulnerable to the health effects of extreme heat. The evidence …

Background Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter less than 2· 5 μm in diameter (PM
2· 5) and traffic-related air pollutant concentrations are associated with cardiovascular risk …

Pollution from wildfires constitutes a growing source of poor air quality globally. To protect
health, governments largely rely on citizens to limit their own wildfire smoke exposures, but …

Background: Air pollution is associated with cardiovascular disease, and systemic
inflammation may mediate this effect. We assessed associations between long-and short …

Background Indoor and outdoor fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) are both leading risk factors
for death and disease, but making indoor measurements is often infeasible for large study …

Background Pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and
hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), have a great impact on public health. Exposure …

Introduction Estimating PM 2.5 concentrations and their prediction uncertainties at a high
spatiotemporal resolution is important for air pollution health effect studies. This is …

Objectives During the period of June–September 2014, the Northwest Territories (NWT)
experienced its worst wildfire season on record, with prolonged smoke events and poor air …

Indoor particles represent a combination of outdoor-originating particles, indoor-emitted
particles and indoor secondary organic aerosol (SOA). It is important to distinguish the …