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 …

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reading the review articles in this issue. Please note the following instructions. Method of …

Although it is well accepted that air pollution exposure exacerbates preexisting airway
disease, it has not been firmly established that long-term pollution exposure increases the …

As global awareness of air pollution rises, so does the imperative to provide evidence-based
recommendations for strategies to mitigate its impact. While public policy has a central role …

Vehicular emissions make significant contribution to the total ambient airborne pollutants.
Global warming and human health concerns are motivating researchers to come out with …

Background Ozone effects on lung function are particularly important to understand in the
context of the air pollution-health outcomes epidemiologic literature, given the complex …

The world is currently witnessing its largest surge of urban growth in human history; a trend
that draws attention to the need to understand and address health impacts of urban living …

Background Although poor-urban (inner-city) areas are thought to have high asthma
prevalence and morbidity, we recently found that inner cities do not have higher prevalent …

Background Epidemiological evidence on short-term association between ambient carbon
monoxide (CO) and mortality is inconclusive and limited to single cities, regions, or …

Asthma is the most commonly reported chronic condition of childhood in developed
countries, with 6.5 million children affected in the USA. A disparate burden of childhood …