This article briefly summarizes the epidemiology of the health effects of fine particulate air
pollution, provides an early, somewhat speculative, discussion of the contribution of …

Transport first became a significant source of air pollution after the problems of sooty smog
from coal combustion had largely been solved in western European and North American …

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type I've used in college-level teaching.”–Dr. Cliff Brown, University of New Hampshire Join …

Background: Although many time-series studies of ozone and mortality have identified
positive associations, others have yielded null or inconclusive results, making the results of …

The disease burden of a population, and how that burden is distributed across different
subpopulations (eg infants, women), are important pieces of information for defining …

The burden of disease attributed to the indoor exposure to sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen
dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), and carbon monoxide (CO) is not clear, and the quantitative …

A comprehensive, systematic synthesis was conducted of daily time-series studies of air
pollution and mortality from around the world. Estimates of effect sizes were extracted from …

Background: There is ample evidence that short-term ozone exposure is associated with
transient decrements in lung functions and increased respiratory symptoms, but the short …

Background: Little research has investigated the health effects of particulate exposure from
bushfires (also called wildfires, biomass fires, or vegetation fires), and these exposures are …

This paper explores the links between (perceived) environmental risk and community (re)
action in an urban industrial neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In-depth …