Advances in air quality research–current and emerging challenges

RS Sokhi, N Moussiopoulos, A Baklanov… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
This review provides a community's perspective on air quality research focusing mainly on
developments over the past decade. The article provides perspectives on current and future …

Air pollution and public health: emerging hazards and improved understanding of risk

FJ Kelly, JC Fussell - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2015 - Springer
Despite past improvements in air quality, very large parts of the population in urban areas
breathe air that does not meet European standards let alone the health-based World Health …

Car free cities: Pathway to healthy urban living

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, H Khreis - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Many cities across the world are beginning to shift their mobility solution away
from the private cars and towards more environmentally friendly and citizen-focused means …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollutants and early origins of respiratory diseases

D Kim, Z Chen, LF Zhou, SX Huang - Chronic diseases and translational …, 2018 - Elsevier
Air pollution is a global health threat and causes millions of human deaths annually. The late
onset of respiratory diseases in children and adults due to prenatal or perinatal exposure to …

External environmental pollution as a risk factor for asthma

J Chatkin, L Correa, U Santos - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2022 - Springer
Air pollution is a worrisome risk factor for global morbidity and mortality and plays a special
role in many respiratory conditions. It contributes to around 8 million deaths/year, with …

Risks of N95 face mask use in subjects with COPD

SY Kyung, Y Kim, H Hwang, JW Park, SH Jeong - Respiratory care, 2020 - rc.rcjournal.com
BACKGROUND: The N95 filtering facepiece respirator (FFR) is the most popular individual
protective device to reduce exposure to particulate matter. However, concerns have been …

Environmental pollutants and child health—a review of recent concerns

M Vrijheid, M Casas, M Gascon, D Valvi… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, many new studies have evaluated associations between environmental
pollutants and child health. This review aims to provide a broad summary of this literature …

Function of PM2. 5 in the pathogenesis of lung cancer and chronic airway inflammatory diseases

R Li, R Zhou, J Zhang - Oncology letters, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Previous research has identified that air pollution is associated with various respiratory
diseases, but few studies have investigated the function served by particulate matter 2.5 …

Urban and transport planning, environmental exposures and health-new concepts, methods and tools to improve health in cities

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen - Environmental health, 2016 - Springer
Background The majority of people live in cities and urbanization is continuing worldwide.
Cities have long been known to be society's predominant engine of innovation and wealth …

Particulate matter air pollution and respiratory impact on humans and animals

C Losacco, A Perillo - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018 - Springer
Air pollution is now fully acknowledged to be a public health problem and a social issue.
Particulate matter (PM) concentration has been linked with several clinical manifestations of …