Mounting evidence suggests that air pollution contributes to the large global burden of
respiratory and allergic diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Objective Epidemiologic studies of air pollution effects on respiratory health report significant
modification by sex, although results are not uniform. Importantly, it remains unclear whether …

Hayes' Principles and Methods of Toxicology has long been established as a reliable and
informative reference for the concepts, methodologies, and assessments integral to …

The soil environment is being continually contaminated with heavy metals from emissions
that are introduced from both the atmosphere and water under the condition of rapid …

Objective We systematically reviewed epidemiologic studies on ambient air pollution and
congenital anomalies and conducted meta-analyses for a number of air pollutant–anomaly …

Epidemiologic studies of air pollution require accurate exposure assessments at
unmonitored locations in order to minimize exposure misclassification. One approach …

Airborne fine particulate matter exhibits spatiotemporal variability at multiple scales, which
presents challenges to estimating exposures for health effects assessment. Here we created …

Epidemiological studies of traffic-related air pollution typically estimate exposures at
residential locations only; however, if study subjects spend time away from home, exposure …

Changes over recent decades in outdoor concentrations of air pollutants are well
documented. However, the impacts of air pollution on an individual's health actually relate …

Background Chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) may contribute to
premature mortality, but few studies to date have addressed this topic. Objectives In this …