Air pollution: An environmental factor contributing to intestinal disease

LA Beamish, AR Osornio-Vargas… - Journal of Crohn's and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The health impacts of air pollution have received much attention and have recently been
subject to extensive study. Exposure to air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) has …

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 …

Decomposing rural–urban differences in successful aging among older Indian adults

T Muhammad, S Srivastava, B Hossain, R Paul… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The modernization and shift towards urbanized lifestyles have triggered several diseases,
and the context of aging varies in urban and rural settings in India. The study aimed to …

Comparisons of personal exposure to PM2. 5 and CO by different commuting modes in Beijing, China

J Huang, F Deng, S Wu, X Guo - Science of the Total Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have shown that commuting in traffic is associated
with adverse health effects. It is vital to investigate commuters' exposure to traffic-related air …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal variations in the oxidative stress and inflammatory potential of PM2. 5 in Tehran using an alveolar macrophage model; The role of chemical …

AH Al Hanai, DS Antkiewicz, JDC Hemming… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current study was designed to assess the association between temporal variations in
urban PM 2.5 chemical composition, sources, and the oxidative stress and inflammatory …

Air pollution and autonomic and vascular dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular disease: interactions of systemic inflammation, overweight, and gender

W Huang, T Zhu, X Pan, M Hu, SE Lu… - American journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The authors conducted a 2-year follow-up of 40 cardiovascular disease patients (mean age=
65.6 years (standard deviation, 5.8)) who underwent repeated measurements of …

A structured review of panel studies used to investigate associations between ambient air pollution and heart rate variability

S Buteau, MS Goldberg - Environmental research, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system is one of the postulated pathways
linking short-term exposure to air pollution to adverse cardiovascular outcomes. A …

Emergency hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases and ambient levels of carbon monoxide: results for 126 United States urban counties, 1999–2005

ML Bell, RD Peng, F Dominici, JM Samet - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Evidence on risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) hospitalization associated
with short-term exposure to outdoor carbon monoxide (CO), an air pollutant primarily …

[HTML][HTML] Urban policy interventions to reduce traffic emissions and traffic-related air pollution: Protocol for a systematic evidence map

KA Sanchez, M Foster, MJ Nieuwenhuijsen… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Cities are the world's engines of economic growth, innovation, and social
change, but they are also hot spots for human exposure to air pollution, mainly originating …

Long-term exposure to ambient PM2. 5, particulate constituents and hospital admissions from non-respiratory infection

Y Feng, E Castro, Y Wei, T Jin, X Qiu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The association between PM2. 5 and non-respiratory infections is unclear. Using data from
Medicare beneficiaries and high-resolution datasets of PM2. 5 and its constituents across …