scholarly journals The Effects of Urban Form on Ambient Air Pollution and Public Health Risk: A Case Study in Raleigh, North Carolina

Risk Analysis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 901-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore J. Mansfield ◽  
Daniel A. Rodriguez ◽  
Joseph Huegy ◽  
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Public Health Risk

scholarly journals Dietary antioxidants and environmental stress

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Antioxidant Defences ◽  
The 1960S

Air is one of our most important natural resources; however, it is also in the front line for receiving environmental pollution. Air quality decreased markedly following the industrial revolution, but it was not until the great London Smog in 1952 that air quality made it onto the political agenda. The introduction of the Clean Air Act in 1956 led to dramatic decreases in black smoke and SO2 concentrations over the next two decades, as domestic and industrial coal-burning activities ceased. However, as these improvements progressed, a new threat to public health was being released into the air in ever-increasing quantities. Rapid motorisation of society from the 1960s onwards has led to the increased release of atmospheric pollutants such as tiny particles (particulate matter of &10 μm in aerodynamic diameter) and oxides of N, and the generation of the secondary pollutant O3. These primary and secondary traffic-related pollutants have all proved to be major risks factors to public health. Recently, oxidative stress has been identified as a unifying feature underlying the toxic actions of these pollutants. Fortunately, the surface of the lung is covered with a thin layer of fluid containing a range of antioxidants that appear to provide the first line of defence against oxidant pollutants. As diet is the only source of antioxidant micronutrients, a plausible link now exists between the sensitivity to air pollution and the quality of the food eaten. However, many questions remain unanswered in relation to inter-individual sensitivity to ambient air pollution, and extent to which this sensitivity is modified by airway antioxidant defences.

Examination of monitoring approaches for ambient air pollution: A case study for India

2019 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 116940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Brauer ◽  
Sarath K. Guttikunda ◽  
Nishad K A ◽  
Sagnik Dey ◽  
Sachchida N. Tripathi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution

scholarly journals Leveraging Existing Cohorts to Study Health Effects of Air Pollution on Cardiometabolic Disorders: India Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hub

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 117863022091568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gagandeep K Walia ◽  
Siddhartha Mandal ◽  
Suganthi Jaganathan ◽  
Lindsay M Jaacks ◽  
Nancy L Sieber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Pollution Exposure ◽  
Environmental And Occupational Health

Air pollution is a growing public health concern in developing countries and poses a huge epidemiological burden. Despite the growing awareness of ill effects of air pollution, the evidence linking air pollution and health effects is sparse. This requires environmental exposure scientist and public health researchers to work more cohesively to generate evidence on health impacts of air pollution in developing countries for policy advocacy. In the Global Environmental and Occupational Health (GEOHealth) Program, we aim to build exposure assessment model to estimate ambient air pollution exposure at a very fine resolution which can be linked with health outcomes leveraging well-phenotyped cohorts which have information on geolocation of households of study participants. We aim to address how air pollution interacts with meteorological and weather parameters and other aspects of the urban environment, occupational classification, and socioeconomic status, to affect cardiometabolic risk factors and disease outcomes. This will help us generate evidence for cardiovascular health impacts of ambient air pollution in India needed for necessary policy advocacy. The other exploratory aims are to explore mediatory role of the epigenetic mechanisms (DNA methylation) and vitamin D exposure in determining the association between air pollution exposure and cardiovascular health outcomes. Other components of the GEOHealth program include building capacity and strengthening the skills of public health researchers in India through variety of training programs and international collaborations. This will help generate research capacity to address environmental and occupational health research questions in India. The expertise that we bring together in GEOHealth hub are public health, clinical epidemiology, environmental exposure science, statistical modeling, and policy advocacy.

A methodology for assessing public health risk associated with groundwater nitrate contamination: a case study in an agricultural setting (southern Spain)

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1117-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Chica-Olmo ◽  
Fabio Peluso ◽  
Juan Antonio Luque-Espinar ◽  
Victor Rodriguez-Galiano ◽  
Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Nitrate Contamination ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Public Health Risk ◽  
Groundwater Nitrate Contamination ◽  
Agricultural Setting

scholarly journals Survey of Ambient Air Pollution Health Risk Assessment Tools

Risk Analysis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1718-1736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan C. Anenberg ◽  
Anna Belova ◽  
Jørgen Brandt ◽  
Neal Fann ◽  
Sue Greco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Risk Assessment Tools
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