Fine Particulate Air Pollution, Public Service, and Under-Five Mortality: A Cross-Country Empirical Study

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 ...

Particulate air pollution standards and morbidity and mortality: case study.

Received for publication May 23, 2001, and accepted for publication August 30, 2001. Abbreviations: CASAC, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee; EPA, US Environmental Protection Agency; PM 10 , standard for coarse particulate matter; PM 2.5 , standard for fine particulate matter. 1 Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, MA. 2 Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, US Environmental Prote...

Particulate Air Pollution and Infant Mortality

Association of particulate air pollution with daily mortality: the China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study.

China is one of the few countries with some of the highest particulate matter levels in the world. However, only a small number of particulate matter health studies have been conducted in China. The study objective was to examine the association of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM(10)) with daily mortality in 16 Chinese cities between 1996 and 2008. Two-sta...

Response to “A Critique of ‘Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Total Mortality Among Elderly

I agree with Drs. Brunekreef and Hoek that new studies of the health effects of fine particulates are very important (Brunekreef & Hoek, 2006). They have raised a number of important issues regarding the findings in my article on the relationship between PM2.5 and mortality in elderly Californians (Enstrom, 2005). I have addressed their issues by clarifying my published findings and by providin...