Fine particles are the most important type of pollutant affecting urban air quality.
Cadmium (Cd2+) is a major nephrotoxic environmental pollutant, affecting mostly proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) cells of the mammalian kidney, while conditionally Cd2+ could also elicit protective responses with great variety and variability in different systems.
In battling the increasing intensity and frequency of air pollution in urban landscapes, daily PM2.5 concentration was manually collected from the CNEMC webpage to quantify the spatiotemporal changes of PM2.5 the most dangerous pollutant affecting urban dwellings.
The role of noise as an environmental pollutant affecting health has been increasingly recognized.
To quantify how proximity to residential sources of indoor air pollutants affects human exposure, we performed 16 separate monitoring experiments in the living rooms of two detached single-family homes.
Although the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms are not fully understood, exposure to common gaseous pollutants affects the susceptibility to and the progression of infectious diseases through the impairment of local bronchial immunity, the modification of alveolar macrophages function and the epithelium damage [11].
Recent human and animal studies suggest that exposure to air pollutants affects vascular function.
Genome injury by radiation or pollutants affects cellular metabolism, cell cycle, proliferation, and apoptosis, and activates DNA repair pathways.
The main purpose of the Krakow Cohort Study was to assess whether the exposure of pregnant women to air pollutants affects future development of their children.
The objective of the MOCEH study is to (i) collect information on environmental exposures (chemical, biological, nutritional, physical, and psychosocial) during pregnancy and childhood and (ii) to examine how exposure to environmental pollutants affects growth, development, and disease.
