In today's' indoor generation', most human activities take place within an enclosed space,
characterised by a chemically diverse and complex air quality. Although source control is the …

Background: Current air quality standards for particulate matter (PM) use the PM mass
concentration [PM with aerodynamic diameters≤ 10 μm (PM10) or≤ 2.5 μm (PM2. 5)] as a …

This document presents answers to 24 questions relevant to reviewing European policies on
air pollution and to addressing health aspects of these policies. The answers were …

Exposure assessment studies in the developing world are important. Although recent years
have seen an increasing number of traffic-related pollution exposure studies, exposure …

Associations have been found between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The contribution of air pollution to atherosclerosis …

Background Traffic congestion is a significant issue in urban areas in the United States and
around the world. Previous analyses have estimated the economic costs of congestion …

Abstract The World Health Organization estimates 3.7 million deaths in 2012 in low-and
middle-income Asian countries due to outdoor air pollution. However, these estimates do not …

Exposure to fine airborne particulate matter (PM2. 5) is associated with cardiovascular
events and mortality in older and cardiac patients. Potential physiologic effects of in-vehicle …

Traditional methods of exposure assessment in epidemiological studies often fail to
integrate important information on activity patterns, which may lead to bias, loss of statistical …

ABSTRACT Globally, 1.3 billion on-road vehicles consume 79 quadrillion BTU of energy,
mostly gasoline and diesel fuels, emit 5.7 gigatonnes of CO2, and emit other pollutants to …