Air pollution and health

B Brunekreef, ST Holgate - The lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
The health effects of air pollution have been subject to intense study in recent years. Exposure
to pollutants such as airborne participate matter and ozone has been associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term air pollution exposure and cardio-respiratory mortality: a review

…, R Beelen, A Peters, B Ostro, B Brunekreef… - Environmental …, 2013 - Springer
Current day concentrations of ambient air pollution have been associated with a range of
adverse health effects, particularly mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular and …

Epidemiological evidence of effects of coarse airborne particles on health

B Brunekreef, B Forsberg - European respiratory journal, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Studies on health effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) have traditionally focused on
particles <10 μm in diameter (PM 10 ) or particles <2.5 μm in diameter (PM 2.5 ). The coarse …

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for …

…, M Brauer, P Brooks, NG Bruce, B Brunekreef… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by-disease …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990 …

…, B Brunekreef, ZA Butt, LE Cahill, B Calabria… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides
an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden …

[HTML][HTML] Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases …

…, J Frostad, K Estep, K Balakrishnan, B Brunekreef… - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to ambient air pollution increases morbidity and mortality, and is a
leading contributor to global disease burden. We explored spatial and temporal trends in …

Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter

…, J Coggins, Q Di, B Brunekreef… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is a major global health concern.
Quantitative estimates of attributable mortality are based on disease-specific hazard ratio models …

Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts: prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

…, P Fischer, MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, B Brunekreef… - The lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess
the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer …

Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

…, M Katsoulis, A Trichopoulou, B Brunekreef… - The lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Few studies on long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality have been
reported from Europe. Within the multicentre European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (…

Association between mortality and indicators of traffic-related air pollution in the Netherlands: a cohort study

G Hoek, B Brunekreef, S Goldbohm, P Fischer… - The lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Background Long-term exposure to participate matter air pollution has been associated with
increased cardiopulmonary mortality in the USA. We aimed to assess the relation between …