Environmental pollution and kidney diseases

X Xu, S Nie, H Ding, FF Hou - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2018 - nature.com
The burden of disease and death attributable to environmental pollution is becoming a
public health challenge worldwide, especially in developing countries. The kidney is …

Association between air pollutants and asthma emergency room visits and hospital admissions in time series studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

X Zheng, H Ding, L Jiang, S Chen, J Zheng, M Qiu… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Air pollution constitutes a significant stimulus of asthma exacerbations;
however, the impacts of exposure to major air pollutants on asthma-related hospital …

An official European Respiratory Society statement on physical activity in COPD

H Watz, F Pitta, CL Rochester, J Garcia-Aymerich… - 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This European Respiratory Society (ERS) statement provides a comprehensive overview on
physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A …

Size, source and chemical composition as determinants of toxicity attributable to ambient particulate matter

FJ Kelly, JC Fussell - Atmospheric environment, 2012 - Elsevier
Particulate matter (PM) is a complex, heterogeneous mixture that changes in time and
space. It encompasses many different chemical components and physical characteristics …

Black Carbon as an Additional Indicator of the Adverse Health Effects of Airborne Particles Compared with PM10 and PM2.5

NAH Janssen, G Hoek, M Simic-Lawson… - Environmental …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
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 …

Association between exposure to ambient particulate matter and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from a cross-sectional study in China

S Liu, Y Zhou, S Liu, X Chen, W Zou, D Zhao, X Li, J Pu… - Thorax, 2017 - thorax.bmj.com
Objective The association between exposure to ambient particles with a median
aerodynamic diameter less than 10/2.5 µm (particulate matter, PM10/2.5) and COPD …

Plant nanotoxicology

KJ Dietz, S Herth - Trends in plant science, 2011 - cell.com
The anthropogenic release of nanoparticles (NPs) to the environment poses a potential
hazard to human health and life. The interplay between NPs and biological processes is …

[图书][B] Health effects of black carbon

NAH Janssen, ME Gerlofs-Nijland, T Lanki… - 2012 - apps.who.int
Black carbon is a good indicator of combustion-related air pollution and was only recently
recognized as a short-lived climate-forcer, which contributes to warming the Earth's …

Air pollution and health

B Brunekreef, ST Holgate - The lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
The health effects of air pollution have been subject to intense study in recent years.
Exposure to pollutants such as airborne participate matter and ozone has been associated …

[HTML][HTML] Adverse effects of outdoor pollution in the elderly

M Simoni, S Baldacci, S Maio, S Cerrai… - Journal of thoracic …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With fewer newborns and people living longer, older people are making up an increasing
fraction of the total population. Epidemiological evidence shows that older-age-related …