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1. Differential effects of size-specific particulate matter on emergency department visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Guangzhou, China

Author:
Erjia Ge; Kefang Lai; Xiong Xiao; Ming Luo; Zhangfu Fang; Yanjun Zeng; Hong Ju; Nanshan Zhong
Source:
Environmental pollution 2018 v.243 pp. 336-345
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
asthma; children; coronary disease; disease outbreaks; elderly; gender; harvesting; hospitals; hypertension; influenza; meteorological parameters; morbidity; nitrogen dioxide; nonlinear models; ozone; particulates; pneumonia; pollutants; stroke; sulfur dioxide; China
Abstract:
... Studies differentiating the cardiorespiratory morbidity effects of PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, and PM₂.₅∼₁₀ (i.e. coarse PM or PMc) are still limited and inconsistent.To estimate the acute, cumulative, and harvesting effects of exposure to the three size-specific PM on cardiorespiratory morbidity, and their concentration-response relations.A total of 6,727,439 emergency department (ED) visits were collected from ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2018.08.068

2. Haze and health impacts in ASEAN countries: a systematic review

Author:
Logaraj Ramakreshnan; Nasrin Aghamohammadi; Chng Saun Fong; Awang Bulgiba; Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki; Li Ping Wong; Nik Meriam Sulaiman
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.3 pp. 2096-2111
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
asthma; children; databases; elderly; emissions; epidemiological studies; human physiology; laboratory experimentation; mental health; models; morbidity; mortality; neoplasms; planning; pollutants; risk; systematic review; throat; time series analysis; toxicity; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Seasonal haze episodes and the associated inimical health impacts have become a regular crisis among the ASEAN countries. Even though many emerging experimental and epidemiological studies have documented the plausible health effects of the predominating toxic pollutants of haze, the consistency among the reported findings by these studies is poorly understood. By addressing such gap, this review ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0860-y

3. Impact of regional haze towards air quality in Malaysia: A review

Author:
Mohd Talib Latif; Murnira Othman; Nurfathehah Idris; Liew Juneng; Ahmad Makmom Abdullah; Wan Portia Hamzah; Md Firoz Khan; Nik Meriam Nik Sulaiman; Jegalakshimi Jewaratnam; Nasrin Aghamohammadi; Mazrura Sahani; Chung Jing Xiang; Fatimah Ahamad; Norhaniza Amil; Mashitah Darus; Helena Varkkey; Fredolin Tangang; Abu Bakar Jaafar
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2018 v.177 pp. 28-44
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
El Nino; Elaeis guineensis; aerosols; air pollutants; air pollution; air quality; asthma; atmospheric chemistry; biomass; burning; children; combustion; cooperative research; deforestation; dry season; economic sectors; elderly; emissions; entrepreneurship; government agencies; human health; monsoon season; mortality; organic matter; particulates; peat; plantations; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; rhinitis; slash; sulfates; tourism; toxicity; wind; Borneo; Indonesia; Malaysia
Abstract:
... Haze is a common phenomenon afflicting Southeast Asia (SEA), including Malaysia, and has occurred almost every year within the last few decades. Haze is associated with high level of air pollutants; it reduces visibility and affects human health in the affected SEA countries. This manuscript aims to review the potential origin, chemical compositions, impacts and mitigation strategies of haze in Ma ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.01.002

4. Long-term exposure to low concentrations of air pollutants and hospitalisation for respiratory diseases: A prospective cohort study in Australia

Author:
Farhad Salimi; Geoffrey Morgan; Margaret Rolfe; Evangelia Samoli; Christine T. Cowie; Ivan Hanigan; Luke Knibbs; Martin Cope; Fay H. Johnston; Yuming Guo; Guy B. Marks; Jane Heyworth; Bin Jalaludin
Source:
Environment international 2018 v.121 pp. 415-420
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
air pollutants; air pollution; asthma; chronic exposure; cohort studies; confidence interval; educational status; elderly; models; morbidity; nitrogen dioxide; particulates; pneumonia; smoking (habit); spatial variation; temporal variation; Australia
Abstract:
... Short- and long-term spatiotemporal variation in exposure to air pollution is associated with respiratory morbidity in areas with moderate-to-high level of air pollution, but very few studies have examined whether these associations also exist in areas with low level exposure.We assessed the association between spatial variation in long-term exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 and hospitalisation for all re ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.050

5. Lung health in era of climate change and dust storms

Author:
Michael D. Schweitzer; Andrew S. Calzadilla; Oriana Salamo; Arash Sharifi; Naresh Kumar; Gregory Holt; Michael Campos; Mehdi Mirsaeidi
Source:
Environmental research 2018 v.163 pp. 36-42
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
Influenza A virus; air quality; anthropogenic activities; asthma; bacterial pneumonia; children; climate change; coccidioidomycosis; dust; dust storms; elderly; epithelium; fibrosis; health effects assessments; long term effects; lungs; meningitis; risk; wind speed
Abstract:
... Dust storms are strong winds which lead to particle exposure over extensive areas. These storms influence air quality on both a local and global scale which lead to both short and long-term effects. The frequency of dust storms has been on the rise during the last decade. Forecasts suggest that their incidence will increase as a response to the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activitie ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.001

6. Post hoc analysis of the efficacy of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against vaccine-type community-acquired pneumonia in at-risk older adults

Author:
José A. Suaya; Qin Jiang; Daniel A. Scott; William C. Gruber; Chris Webber; Beate Schmoele-Thoma; Cassandra K. Hall-Murray; Luis Jodar; Raul E. Isturiz
Source:
Vaccine 2018 v.36 no.11 pp. 1477-1483
ISSN:
0264-410X
Subject:
antigen detection; asthma; diabetes; elderly; heart diseases; liver diseases; placebos; pneumonia; radiography; risk; vaccination; vaccines; Netherlands
Abstract:
... Individuals with certain chronic medical conditions are at higher risk of developing pneumonia and pneumococcal disease than those without. Using data from the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults (CAPiTA), this post hoc analysis assessed the efficacy of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in adults aged ≥65 years with at-risk conditions.The Community-Acquired ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.01.049

7. Strategic approaches to communicating with food consumers about genetically modified food

Author:
Nam Hee Kim; Ji Yeon Hwang; Hyang Gi Lee; Min Kyung Song; Yun Sook Kang; Min Suk Rhee
Source:
Food control 2018 v.92 pp. 523-531
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
anxiety; asthma; atopy; consumer attitudes; crops; education programs; elderly; experts; food production; food purchasing; genetically modified foods; human health; information sources; interviews; mass media; purchasing; risk perception; transgenic plants; South Korea
Abstract:
... The use of genetically modified (GM) crops for food production is rising. This study surveyed consumers in the Republic of Korea to obtain general insights into their perceptions, knowledge, and use of GM crop-based food, their needs for information about GM foods, their GM food-purchasing intentions, their usual food-purchasing habits, and whether there are groups with particular demographic prof ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.05.016