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 with …

Long-term air pollution exposure and cardio-respiratory mortality: a review

G Hoek, RM Krishnan, R Beelen, A Peters, B Ostro… - Environmental …, 2013 - Springer
Current day concentrations of ambient air pollution have been associated with a range of
adverse health effects, particularly mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular and …

Epidemiological evidence of effects of coarse airborne particles on health

B Brunekreef, B Forsberg - European respiratory journal, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Studies on health effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) have traditionally focused on
particles <10 μm in diameter (PM 10 ) or particles <2.5 μm in diameter (PM 2.5 ). The coarse …

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for …

SS Lim, T Vos, AD Flaxman, G Danaei, K Shibuya… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by-disease …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990 …

MH Forouzanfar, A Afshin, LT Alexander, HR Anderson… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides
an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden …

Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015

AJ Cohen, M Brauer, R Burnett, HR Anderson… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to ambient air pollution increases morbidity and mortality, and is a
leading contributor to global disease burden. We explored spatial and temporal trends in …

Air pollution from truck traffic and lung function in children living near motorways

B Brunekreef, NAH Janssen, J de Hartog… - …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
… Hoek G, Brunekreef B. Effects of low level winter air pollution on respiratory health of Dutch
… Roemer W, Hoek G, Brunekreef B. Effect of wintertime air pollution on respiratory health of …

Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter

R Burnett, H Chen, M Szyszkowicz… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is a major global health concern.
Quantitative estimates of attributable mortality are based on disease-specific hazard ratio models …

Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

O Raaschou-Nielsen, ZJ Andersen, R Beelen… - The lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess
the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer …

Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

R Beelen, O Raaschou-Nielsen, M Stafoggia… - The lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Few studies on long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality have been
reported from Europe. Within the multicentre European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (…