Pollution and the heart

S Rajagopalan, PJ Landrigan - New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Pollution and the Heart Environmental pollution is a cardiovascular risk factor. The Global
Burden of Disease study estimated that pollution caused 9 million deaths in 2019, of which …

Particulate matter air pollution: effects on the cardiovascular system

RB Hamanaka, GM Mutlu - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Air pollution is a complex mixture of gaseous and particulate components, each of which has
detrimental effects on human health. While the composition of air pollution varies greatly …

Personal-level protective actions against particulate matter air pollution exposure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

S Rajagopalan, M Brauer, A Bhatnagar, DL Bhatt… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Since the publication of the last American Heart Association scientific statement on air
pollution and cardiovascular disease in 2010, unequivocal evidence of the causal role of …

Effects of air pollution on human health and practical measures for prevention in Iran

A Ghorani-Azam, B Riahi-Zanjani… - Journal of research in …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Air pollution is a major concern of new civilized world, which has a serious toxicological
impact on human health and the environment. It has a number of different emission sources …

Environmental factors in cardiovascular disease

KE Cosselman, A Navas-Acien… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Environmental exposure is an important but underappreciated risk factor contributing to the
development and severity of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The heart and vascular system …

Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: an update to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association

RD Brook, S Rajagopalan, CA Pope III, JR Brook… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
In 2004, the first American Heart Association scientific statement on “Air Pollution and
Cardiovascular Disease” concluded that exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution …

PM2. 5 and cardiovascular health risks

C Krittanawong, YK Qadeer, RB Hayes, Z Wang… - Current problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
PM2. 5 is a frequently studied particulate matter metric, due to its wide range of identified
overall adverse health effects, particularly cardiovascular health risks. However, there are no …

The outdoor air pollution and brain health workshop

ML Block, A Elder, RL Auten, SD Bilbo, H Chen… - Neurotoxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence suggests that outdoor air pollution may have a significant impact on
central nervous system (CNS) health and disease. To address this issue, the National …

Lifestyle management of hypertension: International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by the World Hypertension League and European Society of …

FJ Charchar, PR Prestes, C Mills, SM Ching… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Hypertension, defined as persistently elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP)> 140 mmHg
and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) at least 90 mmHg (International Society of …

Public health and components of particulate matter: The changing assessment of black carbon

TJ Grahame, R Klemm… - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In 2012, the WHO classified diesel emissions as carcinogenic, and its European branch
suggested creating a public health standard for airborne black carbon (BC). In 2011, EU …