Airborne Particulate Matter

Known as: Air Pollutants, Particulate, Particulate Matter, Ambient, Particulate Air Pollutants 
Airborne Particulate Matter is a broad class of materials and substances of minute size present in the air that originate from industrial… (More)
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2017
Review
2017
Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic…
BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are common diseases with a heterogeneous distribution… (More)
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2016
Review
2016
Short-term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Increases Hospitalizations and Mortality in COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND Many epidemiologic studies have documented variable relationships between ambient particulate matter (PM) and COPD… (More)
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2016
Review
2016
Pulmonary health effects of air pollution.
PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW Air pollution continues to be a major public health concern affecting nine out of 10 individuals living in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Respiratory Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter: The Role of Particle Size, Composition, and Oxidative Potential—The RAPTES Project
BACKGROUND Specific characteristics of particulate matter (PM) responsible for associations with respiratory health observed in… (More)
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
High diversity of fungi in air particulate matter.
Fungal spores can account for large proportions of air particulate matter, and they may potentially influence the hydrological… (More)
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Potential Role of Ultrafine Particles in Associations between Airborne Particle Mass and Cardiovascular Health
Numerous epidemiologic time-series studies have shown generally consistent associations of cardiovascular hospital admissions and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Association of FEV1 in asthmatic children with personal and microenvironmental exposure to airborne particulate matter.
Exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution has been shown to exacerbate children's asthma, but the exposure sources and… (More)
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2001
Review
2001
Quinoid redox cycling as a mechanism for sustained free radical generation by inhaled airborne particulate matter.
The health effects of airborne fine particles are the subject of government regulation and scientific debate. The aerodynamics of… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Gaseous pollutants in particulate matter epidemiology: confounders or surrogates?
Air pollution epidemiologic studies use ambient pollutant concentrations as surrogates of personal exposure. Strong correlations… (More)
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Particulate air pollution and hospital emergency room visits for asthma in Seattle.
Recent studies have associated short-term exposure to respirable particulate matter (PM10) exposure with peak flow decrements… (More)
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