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Science Daily, February 13, 2014: Air Pollution Increases Risk for Hypertension in Pregnant Women

From: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140213122421.htm ScienceDaily.com, February 13, 2014 Air Pollution Increases Risk for Hypertension in Pregnant Women According to this article, “UF [University of Florida] researchers compared birth data with Environmental Protection Agency estimates of air pollution, finding that heavy exposure to four … Continue reading

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European Society of Cardiology, Oct. 7, 2013: “Air Pollution Increases Heart Attacks”

From: http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=135162&CultureCode=en AlphaGalileo.org. Oct. 7, 2013 European Society of Cardiology “Air Pollution Increases Heart Attacks” According to the article, which discusses a study presented at the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2013 by Dr Savina Nodari of Brescia, Italy, “The study found a significant … Continue reading

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Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Incidence in 17 European Cohorts: Prospective Analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

From: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(13)70279-1/fulltext The Lancet Oncology, Volume 14, Issue 9, Pages 813 – 822, August 2013.  doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70279-1 Ole Raaschou-Nielsen et. al. Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) … 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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The Effects of Bushfire Smoke on Respiratory Health

From: Wiley.com.  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01868.x/full Respirology, First published online January 27, 2011.                Volume 16, Issue 2, pages 198–209, February 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01868.x The Effects of Bushfire Smoke on Respiratory Health Martine Dennekamp, Michael J. Abramson The authors present the background for their study: … Continue reading

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Adhesion of Streptococcus Pneumoniae to Human Airway Epithelial Cells Exposed to Urban Particulate Matter

From: ScienceDirect.com http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091674910018609 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Volume 127, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 1236-1242. Adhesion of Streptococcus pneumoniae to human airway epithelial cells exposed to urban particulate matter Naseem Mushtaq PhD, Majid Ezzati PhD, Lucinda Hall PhD, … Continue reading

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Epidemiological Studies on Particulate Air Pollution

From: Wiley Online Library http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527628155.nanotech018/abstract Epidemiological Studies on Particulate Air Pollution Irene Brüske-Hohlfeld, Annette Peters Published Online: July 15, 2010. DOI: 10.1002/9783527628155.nanotech018 In their abstract to this article, the authors state: “There is a linear relationship between PM10 and PM2.5 and … Continue reading

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Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits for Depression in Edmonton, Canada

From: PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17932013 Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2007;20(3):241-5. Air pollution and emergency department visits for depression in Edmonton, Canada Szyszkowicz M Air Health Effects Research Section, Health Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The author describes the background for the … 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 Quality and Occurrence of Multiple Sclerosis Relapse

From: PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12566960 Neuroepidemiology. 2003 Jan-Feb;22(1):95-9. Ambient air quality and occurrence of multiple sclerosis relapse. Oikonen M, Laaksonen M, Laippala P, Oksaranta O, Lilius EM, Lindgren S, Rantio-Lehtimäki A, Anttinen A, Koski K, Erälinna JP. Aerobiology Unit, University of Turku, … Continue reading

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