air pollutants

Summary

Summary: Substances which pollute the air.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Chemical characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 in haze-fog episodes in Beijing
    Yele Sun
    Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Study, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
    Environ Sci Technol 40:3148-55. 2006
  2. ncbi Aerosol optical depth, aerosol composition and air pollution during summer and winter conditions in Budapest
    B Alfoldy
    Hungarian Academy of Sciences, KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
    Sci Total Environ 383:141-63. 2007
  3. ncbi Fine particle sources and cardiorespiratory morbidity: an application of chemical mass balance and factor analytical source-apportionment methods
    Jeremy A Sarnat
    Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, 1518 Clifton Rd, Room 260, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:459-66. 2008
  4. ncbi Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular emergency department visits
    Kristi Busico Metzger
    Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Epidemiology 15:46-56. 2004
  5. ncbi Childhood lymphohematopoietic cancer incidence and hazardous air pollutants in southeast Texas, 1995-2004
    Kristina W Whitworth
    Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:1576-80. 2008
  6. ncbi Insights into the mechanisms and mediators of the effects of air pollution exposure on blood pressure and vascular function in healthy humans
    Robert D Brook
    University of Michigan, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA
    Hypertension 54:659-67. 2009
  7. ncbi Maternal personal exposure to airborne benzene and intrauterine growth
    Remy Slama
    INSERM, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, University J Fourier Grenoble, Avenir Team Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Fecundity and Reproduction, U823, Institut Albert Bonniot, Grenoble, France
    Environ Health Perspect 117:1313-21. 2009
  8. ncbi Air pollution and emergency admissions in Boston, MA
    Antonella Zanobetti
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:890-5. 2006
  9. ncbi Short-term associations between ambient air pollutants and pediatric asthma emergency department visits
    Matthew J Strickland
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182:307-16. 2010
  10. ncbi Lifestyle and environmental factors associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and insulin resistance in children
    Roya Kelishadi
    Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
    Atherosclerosis 203:311-9. 2009

Research Grants

  1. Effect of Air Pollution and Traffic on Birth Outcomes
    Kathleen Belanger; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Environmental Determinants of Sleep Disturbance: Role of Ambient Air Pollution
    Jiu Chiuan Chen; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. VULNERABILITY OF THE FETUS/INFANT TO PAH, PM2.5 AND ETS.
    Frederica Perera; Fiscal Year: 2004
  4. ASTHMA SEVERITY IN CHILDREN AND ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS
    Brian Leaderer; Fiscal Year: 2003
  5. Hazardous Air Pollutants and Lymphohematopoietic Cancer Incidence in Houston 1995
    Elaine Symanski; Fiscal Year: 2007
  6. Environmental Effects on Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
    Christopher Goss; Fiscal Year: 2007
  7. Diesel-Induced Alterations of Influenza Infectivity
    Terry L Noah; Fiscal Year: 2010
  8. Air Pollution and Asthma in Southeast Louisiana
    BADIOLLAH ASRABADI; Fiscal Year: 2002
  9. Mutagenesis of p53 by reactive PAH and ROS
    JEFFREY M FIELD; Fiscal Year: 2010
  10. Mutagenesis of p53 by reactive PAH and ROS
    Jeffrey Field; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications274 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Chemical characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 in haze-fog episodes in Beijing
    Yele Sun
    Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Study, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
    Environ Sci Technol 40:3148-55. 2006
    ..The serious air pollution in HF episodes was strongly correlated with the meteorological conditions and the emissions of pollutants from anthropogenic sources...
  2. ncbi Aerosol optical depth, aerosol composition and air pollution during summer and winter conditions in Budapest
    B Alfoldy
    Hungarian Academy of Sciences, KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
    Sci Total Environ 383:141-63. 2007
    ..The nocturnal increase of the MLH coincided with decreasing concentrations of all pollutants except for ozone; the ozone concentration increase indicates nocturnal vertical mixing between different air layers...
  3. ncbi Fine particle sources and cardiorespiratory morbidity: an application of chemical mass balance and factor analytical source-apportionment methods
    Jeremy A Sarnat
    Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, 1518 Clifton Rd, Room 260, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:459-66. 2008
    ..We analyzed a time-series of chemically speciated PM measurements in Atlanta, Georgia, and conducted an epidemiologic analysis using data from three distinct source-apportionment methods...
  4. ncbi Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular emergency department visits
    Kristi Busico Metzger
    Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Epidemiology 15:46-56. 2004
    Despite evidence supporting an association between ambient air pollutants and cardiovascular disease (CVD), the roles of the physicochemical components of particulate matter (PM) and copollutants are not fully understood...
  5. ncbi Childhood lymphohematopoietic cancer incidence and hazardous air pollutants in southeast Texas, 1995-2004
    Kristina W Whitworth
    Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:1576-80. 2008
    Cancer is the second leading cause of death among U.S. children with few known risk factors. There is increasing interest in the role of air pollutants, including benzene and 1,3-butadiene, in the etiology of childhood cancers.
  6. ncbi Insights into the mechanisms and mediators of the effects of air pollution exposure on blood pressure and vascular function in healthy humans
    Robert D Brook
    University of Michigan, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA
    Hypertension 54:659-67. 2009
    ..Our findings demonstrate credible mechanisms whereby fine particulate matter could trigger acute cardiovascular events and that aspects of exposure location may be an important determinant of the health consequences...
  7. ncbi Maternal personal exposure to airborne benzene and intrauterine growth
    Remy Slama
    INSERM, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, University J Fourier Grenoble, Avenir Team Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Fecundity and Reproduction, U823, Institut Albert Bonniot, Grenoble, France
    Environ Health Perspect 117:1313-21. 2009
    Studies relying on outdoor pollutants measures have reported associations between air pollutants and birth weight.
  8. ncbi Air pollution and emergency admissions in Boston, MA
    Antonella Zanobetti
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:890-5. 2006
    ..5) is now the particle measure of greatest health and regulatory concern. And little has been published on associations of hospital admissions and PM components...
  9. ncbi Short-term associations between ambient air pollutants and pediatric asthma emergency department visits
    Matthew J Strickland
    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182:307-16. 2010
    Certain outdoor air pollutants cause asthma exacerbations in children...
  10. ncbi Lifestyle and environmental factors associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and insulin resistance in children
    Roya Kelishadi
    Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
    Atherosclerosis 203:311-9. 2009
    ..Reaching a better understanding of the modifiable factors associated with inflammatory and oxidative biomarkers in children would be relevant to the design of further investigation and prevention strategies...
  11. ncbi Inhaled particles and lung cancer, part B: paradigms and risk assessment
    Paul J A Borm
    Particle Research, Institut fur Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Auf m Hennekamp 50, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Int J Cancer 110:3-14. 2004
    ..Apart from such bridging studies, further focus is also needed on surface chemistry and modifications in relation to their adverse biologic effects...
  12. ncbi Inflammatory lung injury after bronchial instillation of air pollution particles
    A J Ghio
    Clinical Research Branch, Human Studies Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27599 7315, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 164:704-8. 2001
    ..Findings suggest that mass may not be the most appropriate metric to use in assessing health effects after PM exposure but rather specific components must be identified and assessed...
  13. ncbi Prenatal airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and child IQ at age 5 years
    Frederica P Perera
    Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia Center for Children s Environmental Healt, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
    Pediatrics 124:e195-202. 2009
    ..This study evaluated the relationship between prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and child intelligence...
  14. ncbi Endothelial dysfunction: associations with exposure to ambient fine particles in diabetic individuals
    Alexandra Schneider
    Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, Neuherberg, Germany
    Environ Health Perspect 116:1666-74. 2008
    ..5))] has been associated with cardiovascular and hematologic effects, especially in older people with cardiovascular disease. Some epidemiologic studies suggest that adults with diabetes also may be a particularly susceptible population...
  15. ncbi The effect of dose and timing of dose on the association between airborne particles and survival
    Joel Schwartz
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Dr, Suite 415 W, P O Box 15698, Boston, MA 02215 USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:64-9. 2008
    ..Similarly, the delay between changes in exposure and changes in health is also important in public health decision making. We addressed these issues using an extended follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities Study...
  16. ncbi Mapping of background air pollution at a fine spatial scale across the European Union
    Rob Beelen
    Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Division Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Sci Total Environ 407:1852-67. 2009
    There is a need to understand much more about the geographic variation of air pollutants. This requires the ability to extrapolate from monitoring stations to unsampled locations...
  17. ncbi Combining regional- and local-scale air quality models with exposure models for use in environmental health studies
    Vlad Isakov
    Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U S Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 59:461-72. 2009
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  18. ncbi Living near major traffic roads and risk of deep vein thrombosis
    Andrea Baccarelli
    EPOCA Research Center for Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Via San Barnaba 8, 20122 Milan, Italy
    Circulation 119:3118-24. 2009
    ..We investigated whether living near major traffic roads increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), using distance from roads as a proxy for traffic exposure...
  19. ncbi Immunotoxicity and environment: immunodysregulation and systemic inflammation in children
    LILIAN CALDERON-GARCIDUENAS
    Instituto Nacional de Pediatria, Mexico City, Mexico
    Toxicol Pathol 37:161-9. 2009
    ..Mexico City (MC) children exposed to significant concentrations of air pollutants exhibit chronic respiratory inflammation, systemic inflammation, neuroinflammation, and cognitive deficits...
  20. ncbi How much, how long, what, and where: air pollution exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies of respiratory disease
    Michael Brauer
    Sc D, University of British Columbia School of Environmental Health, 3rd Floor, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z3 Canada
    Proc Am Thorac Soc 7:111-5. 2010
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  21. ncbi Ultrafine particles from diesel vehicle emissions at different driving cycles induce differential vascular pro-inflammatory responses: implication of chemical components and NF-kappaB signaling
    Rongsong Li
    Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
    Part Fibre Toxicol 7:6. 2010
    ..We hypothesize that UFP1 and UFP2 with distinct chemical compositions induce differential pro-inflammatory responses in endothelial cells...
  22. ncbi Ambient air pollution exposure, residential mobility and term birth weight in Oslo, Norway
    Christian Madsen
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P O Box 4404, Nydalen, NO 0403 Oslo, Norway
    Environ Res 110:363-71. 2010
    ..However, mobility patterns could introduce possible confounding when examining small-scale variations in exposure by using addresses. This could be of importance in future studies...
  23. ncbi Direct impairment of vascular function by diesel exhaust particulate through reduced bioavailability of endothelium-derived nitric oxide induced by superoxide free radicals
    Mark R Miller
    Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Environ Health Perspect 117:611-6. 2009
    ..Diesel exhaust particulate (DEP) is a key arbiter of the adverse cardiovascular effects of air pollution...
  24. ncbi Differences in exposure assignment between conception and delivery: the impact of maternal mobility
    Philip J Lupo
    Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Herman Pressler Drive, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:200-8. 2010
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  25. ncbi Translocation of inhaled ultrafine particles to the brain
    G Oberdorster
    Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    Inhal Toxicol 16:437-45. 2004
    ..It could provide a portal of entry into the CNS for solid UFP, circumventing the tight blood-brain barrier. Whether this translocation of inhaled UFP can cause CNS effects needs to be determined in future studies...
  26. ncbi Endotoxin and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient fine particulate matter from Fresno, California initiate human monocyte inflammatory responses mediated by reactive oxygen species
    L J den Hartigh
    Department of Veterinary Medicine, Division of Pathology, Microbiology, and Inflammation, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Toxicol In Vitro 24:1993-2002. 2010
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  27. ncbi Associations of primary and secondary organic aerosols with airway and systemic inflammation in an elderly panel cohort
    Ralph J Delfino
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92617 7555, USA
    Epidemiology 21:892-902. 2010
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  28. ncbi Exposure to traffic-related particles and endotoxin during infancy is associated with wheezing at age 3 years
    Patrick H Ryan
    Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:1068-75. 2009
    ..Murine models demonstrate a synergistic production of reactive oxygen species on coexposure to diesel exhaust particles and endotoxin...
  29. ncbi Chronic fine and coarse particulate exposure, mortality, and coronary heart disease in the Nurses' Health Study
    ROBIN C PUETT
    South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Program and Department of Epidemiology, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 117:1697-701. 2009
    ..5 and 10 microm (PM(10-2.5)), may also be important. With respect to mortality and cardiovascular events, questions remain regarding the relative strength of effect sizes for chronic exposure to fine and coarse particles...
  30. ncbi Chronic exposure to ambient levels of urban particles affects mouse lung development
    Thais Mauad
    Department of Pathology, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 178:721-8. 2008
    ..Chronic exposure to air pollution has been associated with adverse effects on children's lung growth...
  31. ncbi Estimation of personal NO2 exposure in a cohort of pregnant women
    Carmen Iñiguez
    Centre Superior d Investigació en Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanidad, Avenida Cataluña 21, Valencia, Spain
    Sci Total Environ 407:6093-9. 2009
    ..Considering periods shorter than the entire pregnancy will provide us the opportunity to identify specific windows of susceptibility...
  32. ncbi Association between local traffic-generated air pollution and preeclampsia and preterm delivery in the south coast air basin of California
    Jun Wu
    Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California 92697 7555, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 117:1773-9. 2009
    ..Increasing evidence suggests that air pollution adversely affects pregnancy outcomes. Yet few studies have examined how local traffic-generated emissions affect preeclampsia in addition to preterm birth...
  33. ncbi Coarse particles and mortality: evidence from a multi-city study in California
    B J Malig
    California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Oakland, California 94612, USA
    Occup Environ Med 66:832-9. 2009
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  34. ncbi Ambient air pollutant measurement error: characterization and impacts in a time-series epidemiologic study in Atlanta
    Gretchen T Goldman
    School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 44:7692-8. 2010
    ..In this paper, we characterize these errors for selected air pollutants and estimate their impacts on epidemiologic results from an ongoing study of air pollution and emergency ..
  35. ncbi Residential mobility during pregnancy and the potential for ambient air pollution exposure misclassification
    Lei Chen
    University at Albany, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, State University of New York, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144 3456, USA
    Environ Res 110:162-8. 2010
    ..However, the level of observed agreement may decrease for studies that require smaller geographic zones for exposure assignments or with more mobile study populations...
  36. ncbi Effects of indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to particulate air pollution on cardiovascular physiology and systemic mediators in seniors
    Ling Liu
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K9
    J Occup Environ Med 51:1088-98. 2009
    ..To investigate the associations between exposure to particulate air pollution and changes in cardiovascular function and plasma mediators in seniors...
  37. ncbi Acute adverse effects of fine particulate air pollution on ventricular repolarization
    Duanping Liao
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 118:1010-5. 2010
    ..The mechanisms for the relationship between particulate pollution and cardiac disease are not fully understood...
  38. ncbi Deposition and biokinetics of inhaled nanoparticles
    Marianne Geiser
    Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 2, CH 3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
    Part Fibre Toxicol 7:2. 2010
    ..We emphasize the importance for quantitative analyses and the use of particle doses derived from real world exposures...
  39. ncbi Association between GIS-based exposure to urban air pollution during pregnancy and birth weight in the INMA Sabadell Cohort
    Inmaculada Aguilera
    Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain
    Environ Health Perspect 117:1322-7. 2009
    ..There is growing evidence that traffic-related air pollution reduces birth weight. Improving exposure assessment is a key issue to advance in this research area...
  40. ncbi Evaluating efficiency-equality tradeoffs for mobile source control strategies in an urban area
    Jonathan I Levy
    Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Risk Anal 29:34-47. 2009
    ..Our analysis demonstrates the viability of formal analytical approaches to jointly address both efficiency and equality in risk assessment, providing a tool for decisionmakers who wish to consider both issues...
  41. ncbi Reduction in fine particulate air pollution and mortality: Extended follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities study
    Francine Laden
    Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:667-72. 2006
    ..A large body of epidemiologic literature has found an association of increased fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) with acute and chronic mortality. The effect of improvements in particle exposure is less clear...
  42. ncbi An investigation of the relationship between air emissions of volatile organic compounds and the incidence of cancer in Indiana counties
    Michael L Boeglin
    Environmental Science Research Center, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 1315 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Environ Res 100:242-54. 2006
    ..Our results indicate a relationship between emissions of VOCs and the incidence of some types of cancers. Most notable were strong correlations between VOC emissions and cancers of the brain, nervous system, endocrine system, and skin...
  43. ncbi Acute effects of air pollution on pulmonary function, airway inflammation, and oxidative stress in asthmatic children
    Ling Liu
    Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Environ Health Perspect 117:668-74. 2009
    ..Air pollution is associated with respiratory symptoms, lung function decrements, and hospitalizations. However, there is little information about the influence of air pollution on lung injury...
  44. ncbi Cause-specific mortality and the extended effects of particulate pollution and temperature exposure
    Patrick G Goodman
    School of Physics, Dublin Institute of Technology, and St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    Environ Health Perspect 112:179-85. 2004
    ..This analysis suggests that studies on the acute effects of air pollution have underestimated the total effects of temperature and particulate air pollution on mortality...
  45. ncbi Outdoor exposure to airborne polycyclic organic matter and adverse reproductive outcomes: a pilot study
    Z P Vassilev
    Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    Am J Ind Med 40:255-62. 2001
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  46. ncbi Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and school
    Rob McConnell
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 118:1021-6. 2010
    ..Traffic-related air pollution has been associated with adverse cardiorespiratory effects, including increased asthma prevalence. However, there has been little study of effects of traffic exposure at school on new-onset asthma...
  47. ncbi Referent selection in case-crossover analyses of acute health effects of air pollution
    D Levy
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7232, USA
    Epidemiology 12:186-92. 2001
    ..In addition, conditional logistic regression analysis is not strictly valid for some case-crossover designs, introducing further bias...
  48. ncbi Role of oxidative stress in ultrafine particle-induced exacerbation of allergic lung inflammation
    Francesca Alessandrini
    Division of Environmental Dermatology and Allergy, Helmholtz Zentrum Technische Universität München, ZAUM Center for Allergy and Environment, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Neuherberg, Germany
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 179:984-91. 2009
    ..The effects of ultrafine particle inhalation on allergic airway inflammation are of growing interest. The mechanisms underlying these effects are currently under investigation...
  49. ncbi Cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality after restrictions on sulphur content of fuel in Hong Kong: an intervention study
    Anthony Johnson Hedley
    Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
    Lancet 360:1646-52. 2002
    ..5% by weight. This intervention led to an immediate fall in ambient sulphur dioxide (SO2). We assessed the effect of this intervention on mortality over the next 5 years...
  50. ncbi Long-term concentrations of ambient air pollutants and incident lung cancer in California adults: results from the AHSMOG study.Adventist Health Study on Smog
    W L Beeson
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350 USA
    Environ Health Perspect 106:813-22. 1998
    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of long-term concentrations of ambient air pollutants and risk of incident lung cancer in nonsmoking California adults...
  51. ncbi The relationship between diabetes mellitus and traffic-related air pollution
    Robert D Brook
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA
    J Occup Environ Med 50:32-8. 2008
    ..Many of the biological pathways involved could also promote diabetes mellitus (DM). We therefore investigated the association between DM prevalence and exposure to traffic-related air pollution (nitrogen dioxide [NO 2])...
  52. ncbi A study of the relationships between Parkinson's disease and markers of traffic-derived and environmental manganese air pollution in two Canadian cities
    Murray M Finkelstein
    McMaster University and University of Toronto, Canada
    Environ Res 104:420-32. 2007
    ..Examination of prevalence curves suggested that exposure to ambient Mn advances the age of diagnosis of PD, consistent with the theory that exposure to Mn adds to the natural loss of neurons attributable to the aging process...
  53. ncbi Experimental exposure to wood-smoke particles in healthy humans: effects on markers of inflammation, coagulation, and lipid peroxidation
    Lars Barregard
    Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Academy, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
    Inhal Toxicol 18:845-53. 2006
    ..These factors may be involved in the mechanisms whereby particulate air pollution affects cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The exposure setup could be used to establish which particle characteristics are critical for the effects...
  54. ncbi Effect of air pollution on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in São Paulo, Brazil
    M A Pereira Filho
    Programa de Pós Graduação em Clínica Médica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 41:526-32. 2008
    ..These data indicate that air pollution causes an increase of cardiovascular emergency room visits, and that diabetic patients are extremely susceptible to the adverse effects of air pollution on their health conditions...
  55. ncbi Postmenopausal breast cancer is associated with exposure to traffic-related air pollution in Montreal, Canada: a case-control study
    Dan L Crouse
    Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Environ Health Perspect 118:1578-83. 2010
    ..Only about 30% of cases of breast cancer can be explained by accepted risk factors. Occupational studies have shown associations between the incidence of breast cancer and exposure to contaminants that are found in ambient air...
  56. ncbi Particulate matter and daily mortality and hospital admissions in the west midlands conurbation of the United Kingdom: associations with fine and coarse particles, black smoke and sulphate
    H R Anderson
    Department of Public Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
    Occup Environ Med 58:504-10. 2001
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  57. ncbi Determinants of the proinflammatory action of ambient particulate matter in immortalized murine macrophages
    Cecilia Guastadisegni
    Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
    Environ Health Perspect 118:1728-34. 2010
    ..Proximity to traffic-related pollution has been associated with poor respiratory health in adults and children...
  58. ncbi Air quality measurements for the aerosol research and inhalation epidemiology study
    D Alan Hansen
    Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 56:1445-58. 2006
    ..To date, 13-, 25-, and 53-month air quality datasets have been used in epidemiologic analyses...
  59. ncbi Traffic-related outdoor air pollution and respiratory symptoms in children: the impact of adjustment for exposure measurement error
    Sofie van Roosbroeck
    Environmental Epidemiology Group, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Epidemiology 19:409-16. 2008
    ..Outdoor concentrations of soot and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) outside of schools have been associated with children's respiratory and eye symptoms. We assessed how adjustments for measurement error affect these associations...
  60. ncbi A comparison of vascular effects from complex and individual air pollutants indicates a role for monoxide gases and volatile hydrocarbons
    Matthew J Campen
    Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 118:921-7. 2010
    ..We have identified several murine markers of vascular toxicity that appear sensitive to inhalation exposures to combustion emissions...
  61. ncbi Relation of DNA methylation of 5'-CpG island of ACSL3 to transplacental exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and childhood asthma
    Frederica Perera
    The Columbia Center for Children s Environmental Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e4488. 2009
    ..The results support the emerging theory of early origins of later life disease development...
  62. ncbi Electrophilic and redox properties of diesel exhaust particles
    Masaru Shinyashiki
    Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Environ Res 109:239-44. 2009
    The adverse health effects of air pollutants have been associated with their redox and electrophilic properties...
  63. ncbi Inhaled diesel emissions alter atherosclerotic plaque composition in ApoE(-/-) mice
    Matthew J Campen
    Toxicology Division, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
    Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 242:310-7. 2010
    ..Combined with previous studies, these results indicate that whole emissions from mobile sources may have a significant role in promoting chronic vascular disease...
  64. ncbi Chronic exposure to outdoor air pollution and lung function in adults
    L J L Forbes
    Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK
    Thorax 64:657-63. 2009
    The extent to which chronic exposure to outdoor air pollutants influences lung function in adults is unclear. The aim of this study was to measure the association between chronic exposure to outdoor air pollutants and adult lung function.
  65. ncbi Air pollution and postneonatal infant mortality in the United States, 1999-2002
    Tracey J Woodruff
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:110-5. 2008
    Our goal was to evaluate the relationship between cause-specific postneonatal infant mortality and chronic early-life exposure to particulate matter and gaseous air pollutants across the United States.
  66. ncbi Exposure of trucking company workers to particulate matter during the winter
    Byeong Kyu Lee
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan, Mugeo dong, Ulsan 680 749, Korea
    Chemosphere 61:1677-90. 2005
    ..5 and OC concentrations in both the area and personal exposure concentrations. However, significant correlations between the PM2.5 and EC concentrations and between the OC and EC concentrations were not identified...
  67. ncbi Physico-chemical characterization of indoor/outdoor particulate matter in two residential houses in Oslo, Norway: measurements overview and physical properties--URBAN-AEROSOL Project
    M Lazaridis
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Polytechneioupolis, Chania, Greece
    Indoor Air 16:282-95. 2006
    ..The results presented here are specific to the sampled houses and conditions used and provide data on the actual human exposure characteristics which occur in the spatial and temporal scales of the present study...
  68. ncbi Observations of mercury-containing aerosols
    D M Murphy
    Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305 3337, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 40:3163-7. 2006
    ..This indicates that the particulate mercury from the lower stratosphere may be volatile enough to evaporate or decompose once particles reach warmer temperatures...
  69. ncbi Fine particulate matter source apportionment for the Chemical speciation Trends Network site at Birmingham, Alabama, using Positive Matrix Factorization
    Karsten Baumann
    Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 58:27-44. 2008
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  70. ncbi Performance evaluation of air quality models for predicting PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations at urban traffic intersection during winter period
    Sharad Gokhale
    Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India
    Sci Total Environ 394:9-24. 2008
    ..Nevertheless, the CAL3QHC model has outperformed for both the particulate sizes and for all the wind classes, which therefore can be optional for air quality assessment at urban traffic intersections...
  71. ncbi Indoor and outdoor submicrometer particles: exposure and epidemiologic relevance ("the 3 indoor Ls")
    Ulrich Franck
    Department of Human Exposure Research and Epidemiology, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
    Environ Toxicol 21:606-13. 2006
    ..In urban areas, ultrafine particles originate primarily from rapidly increasing traffic, which is the dominating source at many urban sites. The influence of traffic on outdoor and indoor concentrations is therefore of special interest...
  72. ncbi Lung function growth in children with long-term exposure to air pollutants in Mexico City
    Rosalba Rojas Martinez
    Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, 655 Avenida Universidad, Col Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62508, Mexico
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:377-84. 2007
    ..Although short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with acute, reversible lung function decrements, the impact of long-term exposure has not been well established...
  73. ncbi Residential proximity fine particles related to allergic sensitisation and asthma in primary school children
    Isabella Annesi-Maesano
    INSERM, U 707 EPAR, Paris, F 75012 France
    Respir Med 101:1721-9. 2007
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  74. ncbi Source apportionment of ambient fine particle size distribution using positive matrix factorization in Erfurt, Germany
    Wei Yue
    Institute of Epidemiology, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
    Sci Total Environ 398:133-44. 2008
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  75. ncbi The effect of sandstorms and air pollution on cause-specific hospital admissions in Taipei, Taiwan
    M L Bell
    Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Occup Environ Med 65:104-11. 2008
    ..This work investigates the relation between cause-specific hospital admissions and sandstorms and air pollution in Taipei, Taiwan's capital...
  76. ncbi The effects of components of fine particulate air pollution on mortality in california: results from CALFINE
    Bart Ostro
    Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, 16th Floor, 1515 Clay St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 115:13-9. 2007
    ..5 pm in diameter (PM2.5). Little is known, however, about the relative effects of PM2.5 constituents. We examined associations between 19 PM2.5 components and daily mortality in six California counties...
  77. ncbi Two-years of fine and ultrafine particles measurements in Rome, Italy
    Achille Marconi
    Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
    J Toxicol Environ Health A 70:213-21. 2007
    ..82), and NOx (r = .83) were all highly correlated with PNC (simultaneous obs. number 576). The diurnal and seasonal pattern of PNC can be attributed to the combined effect of motor vehicle emissions and meteorological conditions...
  78. ncbi Carbonaceous aerosols in PM10 and pollution gases in winter in Beijing
    Ren Jian Zhang
    Key Laboratory of Regional Climate Environment Research for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia, Beijing 100029, China
    J Environ Sci (China) 19:564-71. 2007
    ..It points to the motor vehicle is dominant emission for carbonaceous aerosols in Beijing PM10 in winter period, which should be paid attention to control high level of PM10 in Beijing effectively...
  79. ncbi Diurnal variation of number concentration and size distribution of ultrafine particles in the urban atmosphere of Beijing in winter
    Zong Bo Shi
    Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
    J Environ Sci (China) 19:933-8. 2007
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  80. ncbi A statistical assessment of saturation and mobile sampling strategies to estimate long-term average concentrations across urban areas
    Xiaohong Xu
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 57:1396-406. 2007
    ..strategy to guide the deployment of mobile air quality facilities for characterizing intraurban gradients of air pollutants, that is, to determine how often a given location should be visited to obtain relatively accurate estimates of ..
  81. ncbi A land use regression model for predicting ambient fine particulate matter across Los Angeles, CA
    D K Moore
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    J Environ Monit 9:246-52. 2007
    ..These results suggest the LUR method can refine exposure models for epidemiologic studies in a North American context...
  82. ncbi Study of urban atmospheric pollution in Navarre (Northern Spain)
    J Zabalza
    Department of Chemistry and Soil Science, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea s n, Pamplona 31080, Spain
    Environ Monit Assess 134:137-51. 2007
    ..Hourly levels of PM(10), NO and NO2 showed similar variations with the typically two coincident maximums during traffic rush hours demonstrating a major anthropogenic origin of PM(10), in spite of the sporadic dust outbreaks...
  83. ncbi Size distributions of fine and ultrafine particles in the city of Strasbourg: correlation between number of particles and concentrations of NO(x) and SO(2) gases and some soluble ions concentration determination
    Estelle Roth
    Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire Atmosphérique GSMA, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
    J Environ Manage 86:282-90. 2008
    ..Indeed, up to 90% b.w. of these three species were found in the particle range 0.1-1 microm. The formation of particulate NH(4)NO(3) is favoured by high NO(x) concentration, which induces the formation of gaseous HNO(3)...
  84. ncbi Daytime resolved analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban aerosol samples - impact of sources and meteorological conditions
    Martin Sklorz
    GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
    Chemosphere 67:934-43. 2007
    ..Due to high local emissions in combination with low air exchange during the two sampling campaigns, effects of mesoscale transport were not clearly observable...
  85. ncbi Assessment of air pollution in Nagasaki City: determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their nitrated derivatives, and some metals
    M Wada
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
    Environ Pollut 115:139-47. 2001
    b>Air pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), their nitrated derivatives (NPAHs), and some metals on airborne particles in Nagasaki city, Japan were determined over a period of 12 months by high-performance liquid ..
  86. ncbi Influence of traffic patterns on particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in Roxbury, Massachusetts
    Jonathan I Levy
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 13:364-71. 2003
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  87. ncbi Why carbon monoxide still matters
    K John Holmes
    National Research Council
    Environ Sci Technol 38:288A-294A. 2004
  88. ncbi One-year study of the elemental composition and source apportionment of PM10 aerosols in Florence, Italy
    Franco Lucarelli
    Dipartimento di Fisica and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Firenze, Italy
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 54:1372-82. 2004
    ..An absolute PCA showed traffic to be the major source both in the high traffic site and in the urban background site...
  89. ncbi [Environmental PM2.5 levels and distance from a heavy traffic road in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico]
    Marlene Cortez-Lugo
    , , Cuernavaca, Morelos,
    Salud Publica Mex 46:534-7. 2004
    ..70, n=20 and p=0.0005). CONCLUSIONS: PM2.5 median levels decreased significantly after 100 meters from heavy traffic roads. These results are of great relevance when assessing exposure to PM2.5 in epidemiological studies...
  90. ncbi Health effects caused by primary fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emitted from buses in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland
    Marko Tainio
    Centre of Excellence for Environmental Health Risk Analysis, National Public Health Institute, Finland
    Risk Anal 25:151-60. 2005
    ..The dose-response relationship and the emission factors were identified as the main sources of uncertainty in the model...
  91. ncbi Effects of SO2 and NOx emission reductions on PM2.5 mass concentrations in the southeastern United States
    Charles L Blanchard
    Envair, Albany, CA, USA
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 55:265-72. 2005
    ..5 mass concentration of 0-0.4 microg/m3. Because of the well-documented losses of particulate NO3- from Federal Reference Method (FRM) filters, only a fraction of these incremental changes would be observed...
  92. ncbi Elemental composition of tropospheric aerosols in Hanoi, Vietnam and Nairobi, Kenya
    Michael Gatari
    Department of Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, , , Sweden
    Sci Total Environ 341:241-9. 2005
    ..Long-term measurements are required in both areas to evaluate if the alarming situation is deteriorating...
  93. ncbi Relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality of SARS in Beijing
    Hai Dong Kan
    Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
    Biomed Environ Sci 18:1-4. 2005
    ..To study the relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality of SARS in Beijing...
  94. ncbi Characterisation of particulate matter for toxic metals in ambient air of Kochi city, India
    D G Gajghate
    National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India
    Environ Monit Assess 102:119-29. 2005
    ..Various control strategies are delineated for reduction of ambient RSPM and toxic metals in air of Kochi city...
  95. ncbi First assessment of the PM10 and PM2.5 particulate level in the ambient air of Belgrade city
    Slavica F Rajsić
    Institute of Physics, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 11:158-64. 2004
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  96. ncbi Characterization of chemical species in atmospheric aerosols in a metropolitan basin
    Ying I Tsai
    Department of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
    Chemosphere 54:1171-81. 2004
    ..7 m/s and relative humidity was high, 83% on average, probably giving rise to stagnation of air pollutants and their entrapment close to the surface...
  97. ncbi Identification of the major sources contributing to PM2.5 observed in Toronto
    Patrick K H Lee
    Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada
    Environ Sci Technol 37:4831-40. 2003
    ..This suggests that in the northeastern part of North America, there are physical and/or chemical processes that lead to close interaction between secondary organic and inorganic aerosols...
  98. ncbi Chemical composition of PM2.5 and PM10 in Mexico City during winter 1997
    Judith C Chow
    Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 89512, USA
    Sci Total Environ 287:177-201. 2002
    ..Morning samples had the highest PM2.5 and PM10 mass, secondary inorganic aerosols and carbon concentrations, probably due to a shallow surface inversion and rush-hour traffic...
  99. ncbi Vehicle emissions, urban air quality and current Italian legislation: the case of Messina. V
    Agatino Casale
    Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Universita di Messina, Salita Sperone 31, 98166 S Agata di Messina, Italy
    Ann Chim 92:825-36. 2002
    ..Statistical analysis of particulate suspended matter confirm the very different characteristics of the base stations under consideration...
  100. ncbi A pilot study to assess ground-level ambient air concentrations of fine particles and carbon monoxide in urban Guatemala
    Derek G Shendell
    Environmental Science and Engineering Program, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 90095 1772, USA
    Environ Int 28:375-82. 2002
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  101. ncbi Air quality of the trans-Gomti area of Lucknow City, India
    A Verma
    Environmental Science Division, National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India
    Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 70:166-73. 2003

Research Grants93

  1. Effect of Air Pollution and Traffic on Birth Outcomes
    Kathleen Belanger; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Since all exposure assessments have some limitations, we propose four methods to measure exposure to air pollutants: central site monitors; a GIS/traffic model; land use regression to measure NO2 exposure; and satellite ..
  2. Environmental Determinants of Sleep Disturbance: Role of Ambient Air Pollution
    Jiu Chiuan Chen; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Although these toxicological data support the role of ambient air pollutants in sleep disturbance, no epidemiologic investigation has been conducted for this pathophysiologically ..
  3. VULNERABILITY OF THE FETUS/INFANT TO PAH, PM2.5 AND ETS.
    Frederica Perera; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..about adverse developmental effects in infants and young children from prenatal exposure to environmental air pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), particulate matter (PM2...
  4. ASTHMA SEVERITY IN CHILDREN AND ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS
    Brian Leaderer; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..An Ambient Air Quality Standard for acidic aerosol is being considered. we will examine these two air pollutants, which are of major interest to outdoor air quality, in an indoor environment where multiple and potentially ..
  5. Hazardous Air Pollutants and Lymphohematopoietic Cancer Incidence in Houston 1995
    Elaine Symanski; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology PI: Symanski, Elaine 1 R03 CA128106-01 Title: Hazardous Air Pollutants and Lymphohematopoietic Cancer Incidence in Houston 1995-2005 Research and Related attachment #6: Project ..
  6. Environmental Effects on Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
    Christopher Goss; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Our objective is to assess and clarify the association between air pollutants and CF lung health and mortality among U.S. CF patients...
  7. Diesel-Induced Alterations of Influenza Infectivity
    Terry L Noah; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Exposure to air pollutants, such as diesel exhaust (DE), is associated with airway inflammation, increased susceptibility to viral infection, and exacerbation of underlying respiratory disorders including allergic asthma...
  8. Air Pollution and Asthma in Southeast Louisiana
    BADIOLLAH ASRABADI; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..provider in Southeast Louisiana, proposes this project for a comprehensive study to identify asthma-triggering air pollutants in Southeast Louisiana...
  9. Mutagenesis of p53 by reactive PAH and ROS
    JEFFREY M FIELD; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are ubiquitous environmental air pollutants that result from fossil fuel combustion and cigarette smoking. PAH exposure is a major risk factor in human lung carcinogenesis...
  10. Mutagenesis of p53 by reactive PAH and ROS
    Jeffrey Field; Fiscal Year: 2009
    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are ubiquitous environmental air pollutants that result from fossil fuel combustion and cigarette smoking. PAH exposure is a major risk factor in human lung carcinogenesis...
  11. Mutagenesis of p53 by reactive PAH and ROS
    JEFFREY M FIELD; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are ubiquitous environmental air pollutants that result from fossil fuel combustion and cigarette smoking. PAH exposure is a major risk factor in human lung carcinogenesis...
  12. Shared Mechanisms of Pulmonary Lymphocyte Activation by Bacteria and Toxicants
    Michael Borchers; Fiscal Year: 2007
    Environmental exposure to fundamentally diverse agonists such as bacteria and air pollutants can signal through shared mechanisms to activate the innate immune system...
  13. Pediatric Asthma, Particulate Air Pollution and NO2
    RALPH DELFINO; Fiscal Year: 2006
    The pro-inflammatory role of air pollutants and their modifying influence on allergic inflammation may partly explain the increase in asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality...
  14. ENHANCEMENT OF CORONARY CONSTRICTION BY COMBUSTION-SOURCE AIR TOXICS
    Matthew J Campen; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Clinical and experimental research suggests that air pollutants can acutely induce a vasoconstrictive mechanism, though a clear connection between such studies and the ..
  15. ENHANCEMENT OF CORONARY CONSTRICTION BY COMBUSTION-SOURCE AIR TOXICS
    Matthew J Campen; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Clinical and experimental research suggests that air pollutants can acutely induce a vasoconstrictive mechanism, though a clear connection between such studies and the ..
  16. ENHANCEMENT OF CORONARY CONSTRICTION BY COMBUSTION-SOURCE AIR TOXICS
    Matthew Campen; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Clinical and experimental research suggests that air pollutants can acutely induce a vasoconstrictive mechanism, though a clear connection between such studies and the ..
  17. EFFECTS OF AMBIENT AIR POLLUTANTS ON ANNUAL MORTALITY
    George Thurston; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..of the mortality experience of the ACS prospective cohort population in relation to ambient concentrations of air pollutants in the communities in which they reside. In addition to the PM2...
  18. AIRWAY DISEASE AND COCKROACH EXPOSURE IN PUBLIC HOUSING
    Kathleen Barnes; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..asthma morbidity with focus on cockroach and other allergen exposure, endotoxin exposure, exposure to indoor air pollutants (PM2.5 and PM10) and obesity...
  19. Exposure to Indoor Air Pollutants and Birth Outcomes
    Amna Siddiqui; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Since use of wood is prevalent and risk of LBW is high, this study will explain a large proportion of LBW. Results will have significant implications of preventing this outcome. ..