Changes in lung function and airway inflammation among asthmatic children residing in a woodsmoke-impacted urban area (Publications)
associated with personal PM(2.5), personal LAC, and E(ag) but not with ambient PM(2.5) or its combustion markers. In contrast, MEF and PEF decrements were associated with ambient PM(2.5), its combustion markers [...] and personal concentrations of PM(2.5) and light-absorbing carbon (LAC). Levoglucosan (LG), a marker of woodsmoke, was also measured outdoors. We partitioned PM(2.5) exposure into its ambient-generated [...] personal PM(2.5) or personal LAC. FEV(1) was associated only with ambient...
Air pollution and incidence of cancers of the stomach and the upper aerodigestive tract in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects... (Publications)
models for particulate matter (PM) below 10 microm (PM10 ), below 2.5 microm (PM2.5 ), between 2.5 and 10 microm (PMcoarse ), PM2.5 absorbance and nitrogen oxides (NO2 and NOX ) as well as approximated [...] effect estimate for PM2.5 and gastric cancer. Higher estimated risks of gastric cancer associated with PM2.5 was found in men (HR 1.98 (1.30;3.01)) as compared to women (HR 0.85 (0.5;1.45)). This large m [...] cases of gastric cancer and 933 of UADT cancer occurred. The hazard ratio for an...
Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project (Publications)
interval) were 1.15 (95% CI: 1.00-1.33) per 5 μg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) , 1.19 (1.08-1.30) per 10 μg/m(3) increase in NO(2) , 1.14 (1.04-1.26) per 0.5 × 10(-5) m(-1) increase in BC and 0.81 (0.72-0.92) [...] area-level. During 5,305,133 and 5,434,843 person-years, 872 gastric and 1139 UADT incident cancer cases were observed, respectively. For gastric cancer, we found no association with PM(2.5) , NO(2) and BC [...] UADT analyses) and investigated the association between residential exposure...
Chimney stoves modestly improved indoor air quality measurements compared with traditional open fire stoves: resulty from a small-scale intervention... (Publications)
e revealed mean PM(2.5) and CO levels of fully functional OPTIMA-improved stoves were 28% lower (n=20, PM(2.5,) 136?g/m(3) 95%CI 54-217) and 45% lower (n=25, CO, 3.2ppm, 95%CI 1.5-4.9) in the kitchen [...] concentration levels of CO and PM(2.5) in 93 kitchen environments and personal exposure, after OPTIMA-improved stoves had been installed for an average of seven months. PM(2.5) and CO measurements did not differ [...] environment compared to the control stoves (n=34, PM(2.5) , 189?g/m(3) ,...
Chimney stoves modestly improved indoor air quality measurements compared with traditional open fire stoves: resulty from a small-scale intervention... (Publications)
e revealed mean PM(2.5) and CO levels of fully functional OPTIMA-improved stoves were 28% lower (n=20, PM(2.5,) 136?g/m(3) 95%CI 54-217) and 45% lower (n=25, CO, 3.2ppm, 95%CI 1.5-4.9) in the kitchen [...] concentration levels of CO and PM(2.5) in 93 kitchen environments and personal exposure, after OPTIMA-improved stoves had been installed for an average of seven months. PM(2.5) and CO measurements did not differ [...] environment compared to the control stoves (n=34, PM(2.5) , 189?g/m(3) ,...
Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project (Publications)
interval) were 1.15 (95% CI: 1.00-1.33) per 5 μg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) , 1.19 (1.08-1.30) per 10 μg/m(3) increase in NO(2) , 1.14 (1.04-1.26) per 0.5 × 10(-5) m(-1) increase in BC and 0.81 (0.72-0.92) [...] area-level. During 5,305,133 and 5,434,843 person-years, 872 gastric and 1139 UADT incident cancer cases were observed, respectively. For gastric cancer, we found no association with PM(2.5) , NO(2) and BC [...] UADT analyses) and investigated the association between residential exposure...
Long term exposure to air pollution and kidney parenchyma cancer - effects of low-level air pollution: a study in Europe (ELAPSE) (Publications)
during 5,497,514 person-years of follow-up (average 18.2 years). Median (5-95%) exposure levels of NO(2), PM(2.5), BC and O(3) were 24.1 μg/m(3) (12.8-39.2), 15.3 μg/m(3) (8.6-19.2), 1.6 10(-5) m(-1) (0 [...] interval [CI]: 0.92, 1.15) per 10 μg/m³ NO(2), 1.04 (95% CI: 0.88, 1.21) per 5 μg/m³ PM(2.5), 0.99 (95% CI: 0.89, 1.11) per 0.5 10(-5) m(-1) BCE, and 0.88 (95% CI: 0.76, 1.02) per 10 μg/m³ O(3). We did not [...] residential exposure to fine particles (PM(2.5)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)),...
Long-term air pollution exposure and Parkinson's disease mortality in a large pooled European cohort: an ELAPSE study (Publications)
mortality and PM(2.5) (hazard ratio per 5 microg/m(3): 1.25; 95% confidence interval: 1.01-1.55), NO(2) (1.13; 0.95-1.34 per 10 microg/m(3)), and BC (1.12; 0.94-1.34 per 0.5 x 10(-5)m(-1)), and a negative [...] ly significant in models with PM(2.5). We detected suggestive positive associations with the potassium component of PM(2.5). CONCLUSION: Long-term exposure to PM(2.5), at levels well below current EU air [...] residential concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)), nitrogen...
Association between exposure to multiple air pollutants, transportation noise and cause-specific mortality in adults in Switzerland (Publications)
exposures including the PM(2.5) components were associated with natural mortality, with hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of 1.026 (1.015, 1.038) per 5 microg/m(3) PM(2.5), 1.050 (1.041, 1.059) per [...] per 0.5 x 10(-5)/m BC and 1.045 (1.040, 1.049) per 10 dB Lden total transportation noise. NO(2), BC, Cu, Fe and noise were consistently associated with CVD and respiratory mortality, whereas PM(2.5) was [...] with CVD mortality. Natural mortality associations persisted < 20 microg/m(3)...
Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern... (Publications)
NO2, and 31.5 for AQI). In multi-pollutant models, the PM2.5 associations were almost independent from NO2. However, the RRs for NO2 were slightly attenuated after adjustment for PM2.5 but they were still [...] at lag 0 for PM2.5, NO2, and AQI were 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), 1.003 (0.999, 1.007), and 1.004 (1.001, 1.007), respectively, per inter-quartile range (IQR) increment (18.8 μg/m3 for PM2.5, 12.6 ppb for NO2 [...] still largely independent from PM2.5. The cumulative relative risks (95% CI) per...