Background While the relationship between outdoor particulate matter (PM) and lower
respiratory tract infections in children and adolescents is accepted, we know little about the …

Children are more vulnerable to environmental exposures determinant of respiratory
diseases due to their dynamic developmental physiology. Whereas social determinants of …

Objective To investigate the association between air pollution and upper respiratory tract
infection (URTI) in children aged 0–14 years in Hefei, China in 2014–2015. Study design An …

A substantial proportion of airway disease's global burden is attributable to exposure to air
pollution. This study aimed to investigate the association between air pollution, assessed as …

Ambient air pollutants have been linked to adverse health outcomes, but evidence is still
relatively rare in college students. Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) is a common …

Firefighters are exposed to a wide variety of chemicals including polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) while attending fire scenes. The objective of this study was to …

Evidence concerning short-term acute association between air pollutants and hospital
admissions for respiratory diseases among children in a multi-city setting was quite limited …

It is well recognized that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) affects health adversely,
yet few studies from South America have documented such associations due to the sparsity …

Particle matter (PM) and its associated compounds are a serious problem for urban air
quality and a threat to human health. In the present study, we assessed the intraurban …

To determine the association between daily air pollution and the hospital admissions for
respiratory diseases in children aged from 0 to 17 years in Jinan, China. Generalized linear …