Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Birthweight

Cardiovascular risks from fine particulate air pollution.

More than a decade ago, prospective epidemiologic studies showed that mortality was increased among people living in communities with elevated concentrations of fine particulate air pollution.1,2 Subsequent research has shown that particulate air pollution is statistically and mechanistically linked to increased cardiovascular disease.3 New data are beginning to shed light on which persons are ...

Acute Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution on Cardiac Electrophysiology

Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect.

Efforts to understand and mitigate thehealth effects of particulate matter (PM) air pollutionhave a rich and interesting history. This review focuseson six substantial lines of research that have been pursued since 1997 that have helped elucidate our understanding about the effects of PM on human health. There hasbeen substantial progress in the evaluation of PM health effects at different time...

Associations of fine and ultrafine particulate air pollution with stroke mortality in an area of low air pollution levels.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Daily variation in outdoor concentrations of inhalable particles (PM(10) <10 microm in diameter) has been associated with fatal and nonfatal stroke. Toxicological and epidemiological studies suggest that smaller, combustion-related particles are especially harmful. We therefore evaluated the effects of several particle measures including, for the first time to our knowled...

Particulate Air Pollution and Infant Mortality