2025
Hospital admissions attributable to reduced air pollution due to clean-air policies in China
Liu H, Lei J, Liu Y, Zhu T, Chan K, Chen X, Wei J, Deng F, Li G, Jiang Y, Bai L, Wang K, Chen J, Lan Y, Xia X, Wang J, Wei C, Li Y, Chen R, Gong J, Duan X, Zhang K, Kan H, Shi X, Guo X, Wu S. Hospital admissions attributable to reduced air pollution due to clean-air policies in China. Nature Medicine 2025, 31: 1688-1697. PMID: 40087514, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03515-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttributable fractionBlack carbonAir pollutionAnnual average concentration of PM2.5Health benefitsAverage concentration of PM2.5Air pollution control policiesFine particulate air pollutionConcentrations of PM2.5Annual average concentrationsAssociated with PM2.5Control Action PlanHospital admission recordsAir pollution preventionCase-crossover studyClean air policiesPollution control policiesReduce air pollutionGeographical inequalitiesNationwide implementationPM2.5Admission recordsHospital admissionPollution preventionAPPCAP
2024
Black Carbon Air Pollution and Incident Mortality Among the Advance-Aged Adults in China: A Prospective Cohort Study
Zhu A, Kan H, Shi X, Zeng Y, Ji J. Black Carbon Air Pollution and Incident Mortality Among the Advance-Aged Adults in China: A Prospective Cohort Study. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2024, 80: glae302. PMID: 39716384, PMCID: PMC11897793, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glae302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProspective cohort studyNonaccidental mortalityChinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity SurveyMortality riskCohort studyBlack carbonLow physical activityBC exposurePM2.5 componentsHighest effect estimatesAverage BCImprove public healthCox proportional hazards modelsPhysical activityLongevity SurveyPM2.5 exposure concentrationsFine particulate matterProportional hazards modelIncident mortalityStratified analysisPredictors of mortalityEffect estimatesRural populationDemographic covariatesPublic healthShort-term effects of wildfire-specific fine particulate matter and its carbonaceous components on perinatal outcomes: A multicentre cohort study in New South Wales, Australia
Nyadanu S, Foo D, Pereira G, Mickley L, Feng X, Bell M. Short-term effects of wildfire-specific fine particulate matter and its carbonaceous components on perinatal outcomes: A multicentre cohort study in New South Wales, Australia. Environment International 2024, 191: 109007. PMID: 39278048, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjusted hazard ratiosLow 5-min Apgar scoreCarbonaceous componentsPerinatal outcomesOrganic carbonNew South WalesNonvertex presentationCaesarean sectionPositive associationApgar scorePreterm birthBlack carbon componentsShort-term effectsLow socioeconomic statusSouth WalesAdverse perinatal outcomesMulticentre cohort studyWildfire seasonBenefit public healthCox regression modelsIntensive care unitSingleton birthsBlack carbonSocioeconomic statusGestational weeks
2019
Land use regression models for ultrafine particles, fine particles, and black carbon in southern California
R J, G H, J F, S H, A S, D W, M W, C S, R V, D S. Land use regression models for ultrafine particles, fine particles, and black carbon in southern California. Environmental Epidemiology 2019, 3: 187-187. DOI: 10.1097/01.ee9.0000607860.29036.fb.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Extreme Air Pollution Conditions Adversely Affect Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance
Brook R, Sun Z, Brook J, Zhao X, Ruan Y, Yan J, Mukherjee B, Rao X, Duan F, Sun L, Liang R, Lian H, Zhang S, Fang Q, Gu D, Sun Q, Fan Z, Rajagopalan S. Extreme Air Pollution Conditions Adversely Affect Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance. Hypertension 2015, 67: 77-85. PMID: 26573709, PMCID: PMC4830086, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.115.06237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine particulate matterParticulate matterAmbient fine particulate matterSD increaseAssociated with worsening insulin resistanceBlack carbon levelsBlack carbon exposurePublic health warningsAir pollutionBeijing metropolitan areaBlack carbonHealth warningsAssociated with rangeCardiometabolic healthCarbon levelsDiastolic blood pressureExposure windowsCardiometabolic diseasesHealth effectsNonsmoking adultsMetabolic syndromeDeveloping world todayCarbon exposureSystolic blood pressure elevationHealth
2014
Personal Black Carbon Exposure Influences Ambulatory Blood Pressure
Zhao X, Sun Z, Ruan Y, Yan J, Mukherjee B, Yang F, Duan F, Sun L, Liang R, Lian H, Zhang S, Fang Q, Gu D, Brook J, Sun Q, Brook R, Rajagopalan S, Fan Z. Personal Black Carbon Exposure Influences Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Hypertension 2014, 63: 871-877. PMID: 24420543, PMCID: PMC4445364, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.113.02588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersonal black carbonAir pollutionBlack carbonBeijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring CenterFine particulate matter concentrationsCombustion-related air pollutionFine particulate matterAmbulatory blood pressureEnvironmental Monitoring CenterParticulate matter concentrationsBlood pressureHigh air pollutionReduce air pollutionMm HgLow frequency to high frequency ratioPublic health effectsParticulate matterTwenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressureExposure to high levelsMatter concentrationSystolic blood pressureDiastolic blood pressurePollutionBlood pressure effectsGeneralized linear model
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