Background Exposure to heat, air pollution, and pollen are associated with health outcomes,
including cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Studies assessing the health impacts of …

Association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and respiratory health is
well documented. At the same time, it is widely known that extreme weather events …

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 …

Background: High ambient temperatures are associated with an acute increase in mortality
risk. Although heat exposure during the night is anecdotally cited as being important, this …

Background Air temperature has been shown to be associated with mortality; however, only
very few studies have been conducted in Germany. This study examined the association …

Background The intricate association of mortality risk with ambient air pollution and
temperature is of growing concern. Little is known regarding effect of changes in season and …

Background: Relationships between air quality and health are well-described, but little
information is available about the joint associations between particulate air pollution …

Background Some evidence suggests an association may exist between the level of air
pollution and suicide mortality. However, this relation has been little studied to date. The …

BACKGROUND: Both temperature and particulate air pollution are associated with
increased death risk. However, whether the effect of particulate air pollution on mortality is …

Objectives To quantitatively assess time-series studies of daily nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and
mortality and hospital admissions which also controlled for particulate matter (PM) to …