Although numerous studies have investigated the association of ambient air pollution with
hypertension and blood pressure (BP), the results were inconsistent. We performed a …

Ambient air pollution (AAP) and particulate matters (PM) have been closely associated with
adverse health effects such as respiratory disease and cardiovascular diseases. Previous …

BACKGROUND There is growing market demand for personal health and environmental
monitors, for example, for gauging overall health and metabolism during exercise, athletic …

The twenty-first century is fraught with dangers like climate change and pollution, which
impacts human health and mortality. As levels of pollution increase, respiratory illnesses and …

Background—Evidence suggests that longer-term exposure to air pollutants over years
confers higher risks of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than shorter-term exposure …

Much research on the health effects of outdoor air pollution has been published in the last
decade. The goal of this review is to concisely summarize a wide range of the recent …

Rationale: The biological mechanisms linking air pollution to cardiovascular events still
remain largerly unclear. Objectives: To investigate whether biological mechanisms linking …

Background Epidemiological studies have reported significant association between ambient
fine particulate matter air pollution (PM 2.5) and mortality, however, few studies have …

A short-term increase in fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2. 5) concentration increases
the risk for myocardial infarctions, strokes, and heart failure exacerbations. An important …

Background and Objective RESPIRE, a randomized trial of an improved cookstove, was
conducted in Guatemala to assess health effects of long-term reductions in wood smoke …