SynthesisAnnals of the American Thoracic Society2016
Global Associations between Air Pollutants and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalizations. A Systematic Review.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maternal air pollution exposure and postpartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
- The association between air pollutions and emergency hospitalizations due to COPD and asthma across 16 Polish cities: population-based study.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2024Pooled it
- Relationship between fine particulate matter (PMBMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between ambient air pollution and pulmonary tuberculosis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Short-Term Ambient Ozone Exposure and COPD Hospitalizations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review.Chronic respiratory diseasePooled it
- A behavioral strategy to minimize air pollution exposure in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2017Trial
- Health effects of air pollution on chronic respiratory diseases.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2026Review
- Community-level influenza activity modifies the association between ambient air pollution and acute respiratory emergency visits in six U.S. Cities.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Assessing Carbon Monoxide Exposure in Food Delivery Workers by Using Exhaled Air with Consideration of Smoking Habits.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Impact of Air Pollution on Chronic Airway Narrowing.Cureus · 2025Article
- Air Pollution and Effects of Tropospheric Ozone (OInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Frequency of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Associated with the Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution in the AIREPOC Cohort.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- Effect of air pollution on online medical consultations for ocular surface diseases in China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Exploring the Modifying Role of GDP and Greenness on the Short Effect of Air Pollutants on Respiratory Hospitalization in Beijing.GeoHealth · 2024Article
- [Trends in Intervention Research for Reducing Health Effects of Particulate Matter].Jugan geon-gang gwa jilbyeong · 2023Review
- Personal and community-level exposure to air pollution and daily changes in respiratory symptoms and oxygen saturation among adults with COPD.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2023Article
- Air pollution exposure and its effects on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: clinical worsening, lung function decline, and radiological deterioration.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Neighborhood environmental factors linked to hospitalizations of older people for viral lower respiratory tract infections in Spain: a case-crossover study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Article
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
rationaleExacerbations are key events in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), affecting lung function decline and quality of life. The effect of exposure to different air pollutants on COPD exacerbations is not clear.
objectivesTo carry out a systematic review, examining associations between air pollutants and hospital admissions for COPD exacerbations.
methodsMEDLINE, Embase, BIOSIS, Science Citation Index, and the Air Pollution Epidemiology Database were searched for publications published between 1980 and September 2015. Inclusion criteria were focused on studies presenting solely a COPD outcome defined by hospital admissions and a measure of gaseous air pollutants and particle fractions. The association between each pollutant and COPD admissions was investigated in metaanalyses using random effects models. Analyses were stratified by geographical clusters for investigation of the consistency of the evidence worldwide. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsForty-six studies were included, and results for all the pollutants under investigation showed marginal positive associations; however, the number of included studies was small, the studies had high heterogeneity, and there was evidence of small-study bias. Geographical clustering of the effects of pollution on COPD hospital admissions was evident and reduced heterogeneity significantly.
conclusionsThe most consistent association was between a 1-mg/m
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