[PDF] Top 20 Air pollution, epigenetics, and asthma

... affects air quality on urban and regional scales, their impact is greatest on a local scale, particu- larly near roadways, as their concentrations are sig- nificantly elevated within approximately 300–500 m of ... See full document

... with asthma before 6 years of age, ...for asthma or many physician visits for asthma were at greater risk of persistent asthma by 12 years of age (To et ...our asthma cases to chil- ... See full document

... Outdoor air pollution at levels occurring in many urban areas around the world has substantial adverse effects on ...with asthma in particular, are sensitive to the adverse effects of outdoor ... See full document

... or asthma and healthy children were performed by contingency table analysis with the χ 2 test for categorical variables or Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test (for data that were not normally distributed based on the ... See full document

... of air pollutants [12] and many epidemiologic studies have adopted GIS to explore the health impact of air pollutants on asthma ...from air monitoring stations and proximity analysis to ... See full document

... common air pollutants plays a role in the susceptibility to, and severity of respiratory infec- ...of air pollution on daily hospital admission counts among children in Australia and New Zealand and ... See full document

... of air pollution and the third reason of death in developing ...Africa, air pollution from road traffic is one of the main causes of poor air ...to air pollution and CRD, ... See full document

... of air pollution in developed countries are nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, ozone and suspended solid or liquid ...of air pollution can adversely affect lung function and triggers ... See full document

... caused air pol- lution with an increased concentration of sulfur oxides, as high as 1 ppm in polluted ...bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, and pulmonary emphysema, increased among people living in the ... See full document

... ‘Thunderstorm-associated asthma’ was recognized over 15 years ago in Britain by Packe and Ayres [91], who described an association between a thunderstorm and an asthma outbreak with 26 asthmatic subjects ... See full document

... and asthma are a result of environmental and immunologic ...and asthma and al- lergy, it is important to focus on the underlying factors: global warming is expected to affect the start, duration, and ... See full document

... between asthma and vehicular air pollution and awareness of the link among the patient organisations and the ...of asthma are hardly ...vehicular air pollution and asthma, ... See full document

... Although air pollution is an important public health problem in large cities in Iran, few studies have centered on the effects of air pollutants on asthma admission ...between air ... See full document

... that air pollution exposure during pregnancy adversely affects newborn outcomes such as birth weight and preterm birth, there is a need to pay attention to underlying modes of action to better understand ... See full document

... on Asthma) initiative [2, 3]. It works closely with POLLAR (Impact of Air POLLution on Asthma and Rhinitis, EIT Health) [4], and collaborates with professional and patient organizations in the ... See full document

... exposure status. Children who had recently experienced episodes of wheezing, might have exaggerated their ex- posures, which may have led to overestimation, while underestimation could have occurred for those who did not ... See full document

... Air pollutants can affect cardiovascular health by hardening the arteries and increase the risk of heart attack and strokes, and even cause mental health conditions and degenerative brain disease such as ... See full document

... transport pollution, degradation of land, addition of solid and sewage waste and colossal ill effects on health of indigenous ...indoor air pollution viz-a-viz human ...(24%), asthma (19%), ... See full document

... Air pollution: Air is a precious natural resource and without which life cannot be sustained, even for more than a few ...“Air pollution is as a situation in which the outdoor ... See full document

... the asthma epidemic (Section ...examining asthma and overweight/obesity together by reviewing research that has assessed the association between them, and highlighting the importance of examining common ... See full document