UK Biobank is a population-based cohort of half a million participants aged 40–69 years
recruited between 2006 and 2010. In 2014, UK Biobank started the world's largest multi …

Attempts to secure more energy, food, and infrastructure leave a trail of environmental
contamination and human health hazards. Coal is a fossil fuel and nonrenewable energy …

Background Recent studies suggest potential interactions of air pollutants with dietary
factors and genetic susceptibility on mortality risk; however, evidence from prospective …

Air pollution is associated with detrimental effects on human health, including decreased
cardiovascular function. However, the causative mechanisms behind these effects have yet …

Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) exposure is correlated with the risk of developing
cardiac fibrosis. Melatonin is a major secretory product of the pineal gland that has been …

Purpose: Glaucoma is more common in urban populations than in others. Ninety percent of
the world's population are exposed to air pollution above World Health Organization (WHO) …

Aim To examine the associations of air pollution with both self-reported age-related macular
degeneration (AMD), and in vivo measures of retinal sublayer thicknesses. Methods We …

An increasing number of people are now living with cardiovascular disease (CVD), with
concomitant CVD-related hospitalizations, operations, and prescriptions. To ultimately …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and kills over 17 million
people per year. In the recent decade, growing epidemiological evidence links air pollution …

Research efforts in the past decades have provided insight into the adverse health effects of
air pollution exposure. Exposure to airborne particulate matter is known to impair the …