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Post-2015 Consensus: Air Pollution Assessment, Larsen

From: http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/publication/post-2015-consensus-air-pollution-assessment-larsen Copenhagen Consensus Center. Post-2015 Consensus, Air Pollution Assessment, Larsen The summary of this paper states: “The last two decades have seen a large body of evidence of substantial health effects for long term exposure to air pollution – … Continue reading

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Acute Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Stroke Mortality in the China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study

From: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/02/07/STROKEAHA.111.673442.short American Heart Association/American Stroke Association STROKEAHA.111.673442 Published online before print February 7, 2013 Renjie Chen, Yuhao Zhang, Chunxue Yang, Zhuohui Zhao, Xiaohui Xu, and Haidong Kan, Acute Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Stroke Mortality in the China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study The … Continue reading

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Associations of Ambient Air Pollution with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalization and Mortality

From: http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/06/rccm.201211-2004OC.abstract Published ahead of print on February 7, 2013, doi:10.1164/rccm.201211-2004OCAm. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.February 7, 2013rccm.201211-2004OC Wen Qi Gan, J. Mark Fitzgerald, Chris Carlsten, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, and Michael Brauer Associations of Ambient Air Pollution with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalization and Mortality The authors state … Continue reading

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Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Acute Ischemic Stroke

From: http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/172/3/229 Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(3):229-234. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.732 Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Acute Ischemic Stroke Gregory A. Wellenius, ScD; Mary R. Burger, MD; Brent A. Coull, PhD; Joel Schwartz, PhD; Helen H. Suh, ScD; Petros Koutrakis, PhD; Gottfried Schlaug, … Continue reading

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Ambient Air Pollution Correlates with Hospitalizations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Ecologic Analysis

From: PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20806342 Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2011 May;17(5):1138-45. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21455. Epub 2010 Aug 30. Ambient Air Pollution Correlates with Hospitalizations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Ecologic Analysis Ananthakrishnan AN, McGinley EL, Binion DG, Saeian K. The authors explain the background … Continue reading

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Air Pollution Exposure During Critical Time Periods in Gestation and Alterations in Cord Blood Lymphocyte Distribution: A Cohort of Livebirths

From: PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/20678227?dopt=Abstract&holding=f1000,f1000m,isrctn Environ Health. 2010 Aug 2;9:46. Air pollution exposure during critical time periods in gestation and alterations in cord blood lymphocyte distribution: a cohort of livebirths. Herr CE, Dostal M, Ghosh R, Ashwood P, Lipsett M, Pinkerton KE, … Continue reading

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Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Prenatal and Early Childhood Health Effects

From: PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15792286 Eur J Epidemiol. 2005;20(2):183-99. Exposure to ambient air pollution and prenatal and early childhood health effects. Lacasaña M, Esplugues A, Ballester F. This paper reviewed studies that looked at the connections between ambient air pollution concentrations and … Continue reading

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Ambient Air Pollution Impairs Regulatory T-cell Function in Asthma

From: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Volume 126, Issue 4 , Pages 845-852, October 2010 http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(10)01193-0/abstract Ambient air pollution impairs regulatory T-cell function in asthma Kari Nadeau, Cameron McDonald-Hyman, Elizabeth M. Noth, Boriana Pratt, S. Katharine Hammond, John Balmes, Ira Tager The authors present the … Continue reading

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Ambient Air Pollution and Acute Lower Respiratory Infections: A Systematic Review and Implications for Estimating the Global Burden of Disease

From: Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health: An International Journal Received: 7 February 2011  Accepted: 5 May 2011  Published online: 21 May 2011 http://www.springerlink.com/content/128r380460n85218/fulltext.html Ambient particulate air pollution and acute lower respiratory infections: a systematic review and implications for estimating the global burden of disease Sumi Mehta, Hwashin Shin, Rick Burnett, Tiffany North, … Continue reading

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Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases Among the Elderly in Taiwan

From: Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://oem.bmj.com/content/68/1/64.abstract Occup Environ Med 2011;68:64-68 doi:10.1136/oem.2009.052704 Long-term air pollution exposure and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among the elderly in Taiwan Kai-Jen Chuang,Yuan-Horng Yan,Shu-Yi Chiu,Tsun-Jen Cheng The authors state the objective of this study: “To … Continue reading

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