This review provides a community's perspective on air quality research focusing mainly on
developments over the past decade. The article provides perspectives on current and future …

Air pollution and climate change have a significant impact on human health and well‐being
and contribute to the onset and aggravation of allergic rhinitis and asthma among other …

Ambient air pollution increases the risk of respiratory mortality, but evidence for impacts on
lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is less well established …

Importance While air pollutants at historical levels have been associated with cardiovascular
and respiratory diseases, it is not known whether exposure to contemporary air pollutant …

Continued vigilance will be essential to lessen the effects of air pollution on human health
and pulmonary disease. Cooperation at a multinational level will be required on the part of …

Background Information on the effects of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter with
an aerodynamic diameter of 2· 5 μm or less (PM 2· 5) on lung health is scarce. We aimed to …

Background The combined health impact of physical activity (PA) and air pollution on
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unclear. We investigated the joint …

Background: Studies examining the nonfatal health outcomes of exposure to air pollution
have been limited by the number of pollutants studied and focus on short-term exposures …

Exposure to air pollution is a major contributor to the pathogenesis of COPD worldwide.
Indeed, most recent estimates suggest that 50% of the total attributable risk of COPD may be …

This article briefly reviews evidence of health effects associated with exposure to particulate
matter (PM) air pollution from five common outdoor emission sources: traffic, coal-fired …