A comprehensive understanding of ambient particulate matter and ...

Traditionally, oxidative stress, inflammation, autophagy and apoptosis were considered the main mechanisms of harmful effects of PM. However, ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that PM and its components are associated with memory disorders, communication disorders and anxiety/depression, either ...

Particulate Matter (PM) Basics | US EPA

Particle pollution is the term for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air. These include "inhalable coarse ...

Particulate Matter Overview - Utah Department of Environmental ...

Particulate matter (PM), also known as particle pollution, is a complex mixture of small solid particles and liquid droplets in the air. Some ...

Full display page - Ex Libris

The impacts of air pollution on public health have become a great concern worldwide. Ambient particulate matter (PM) is a major air pollution that comprises ...

Inhalable Particulate Matter and Health (PM2.5 and PM10)

What is Particulate Matter? Airborne particulate matter (PM) ... What are the Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter? ... In 2002, after an extensive ...

Review Association between ambient particulate matter exposure ...

Ambient particulate matter (PM) has been recognized as inducing oxidative stress, which could contribute to mitochondrial damage and ...

Ambient (outdoor) air pollution - World Health Organization (WHO)

Pollutants · Particulate matter (PM) PM is a common proxy indicator for air pollution. · Carbon monoxide (CO) · Ozone (O3) · Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

Ambient Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure and Mortality in ...

Outdoor fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 μm; PM2.5) has been identified as a global health threat, but the number of large U.S. prospective cohort studies with ...

Ambient particulate matter oxidative potential - ScienceDirect.com

Introduction. Ambient particulate matter (PM) air pollution is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes and is an important contributor ...

Ambient and Household Air Pollution and Health: Frequently Asked ...

Particulate matter, or PM, is the term for particles found in the air, including dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets. Large concentrations of ...

The effects of ambient particulate matter air pollution on platelets ...

Increasing ambient particulate matter (PM) emerges as a significant global health concern (1, 2). Numerous data sets substantiate that the ...

Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and ... - Nature

Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the world's leading environmental health risk factor. Reducing the PM2.5 disease burden requires ...

Association between ambient particulate matter and semen quality ...

The adverse consequences of ambient particulate matter (PM) on human health have been extensively studied. However, the association between ...

Strategic Research Plan for Particulate Matter

... air standards, in addition to ultimately identifying the full ... understand, and predict the role of particulate matter as a global atmospheric constituent.

Particulate Matter | Health Effects Institute

Particulate matter is a complex mixture of particles of various sizes and chemical composition originating from combustion and other sources.

Interventions to reduce ambient particulate matter air pollution and ...

Ambient air pollution is associated with a large burden of disease in both high‐income countries (HICs) and low‐ and middle‐income countries ( ...

Full article: Airborne Particulate Matter and Human Health: A Review

Both primary particles and precursor gases can be emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources. The U.S. EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) ...

Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities

We evaluated the associations of inhalable particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 μm or less (PM10) and fine PM with an ...

Ambient Particulate Matter Size Distributions Drive Regional and ...

Exposure based on particles with diameters smaller than 2.5 μm neglects variability in ambient particle size distributions We combine a ...