Increases in ambient particle concentrations are associated with an array of adverse health
outcomes. These outcomes range from the least adverse, such as increases in symptoms of …

… Sverre Vedal is a professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences with the University of Washington. George M. Hidy is primary of Envair/Aerochem. …

A case-control study was performed in women older than 40 yr of age to evaluate the risk of
cooking with traditional wood stoves for chronic bronchitis and chronic airway obstruction (…

Background: The use of biomass as a cooking fuel is commonplace in developing countries
and has been associated with chronic bronchitis and obstructive airway disease. Methods: A …

We prospectively recruited patients admitted to the hospital with severe asthma to comprehensively
evaluate the association of historical and physiologic features with the risk of near-…

Importance While air pollutants at historical levels have been associated with cardiovascular
and respiratory diseases, it is not known whether exposure to contemporary air pollutant …

Background Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) has been linked to cardiovascular disease,
possibly via accelerated atherosclerosis. We examined associations between the progression …

Background: Air pollution is associated with cardiovascular disease, and systemic
inflammation may mediate this effect. We assessed associations between long-and short-term …

Rationale: Particulate air pollution is associated with cardiovascular morbidity. One
hypothesized mechanism involves oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and endothelial …

Background: In air pollution time-series studies, the temporal pattern of the association of
fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ; particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter) and …