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A systematic review of cardiovascular emergency department visits, hospital admissions and mortality associated with ambient black carbon.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Acute effect of ambient fine particulate matter on heart rate variability: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of panel studies.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of cardiovascular responses associated with ambient black carbon and fine particulate matter.Environment international · 2019Pooled it
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- Advancing Long-Term Outdoor Air Pollution Exposure Assessment for Health Studies: Lessons from a Multinational Research Initiative.Current environmental health reports · 2026Review
- Prenatal exposure to air pollution and the development of autism spectrum disorder from birth to adolescence: A nationwide Danish cohort study.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Relation of wind direction and coal terminal activity patterns with air pollution burden in a community bordering a coal export terminal, Curtis Bay, Maryland, USA.Air quality, atmosphere, & health · 2025Article
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- Associations of exposure to PMThe Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- Long-Term Exposure to Outdoor Ultrafine Particles and Black Carbon and Effects on Mortality in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2024Article
- Associations of Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Constituents With Cardiovascular Diseases and Underlying Metabolic Mediations: A Prospective Population-Based Cohort in Southwest China.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Determinants of indoor carbonaceous aerosols in homes in the Northeast United States.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
- Characterizing Determinants of Near-Road Ambient Air Quality for an Urban Intersection and a Freeway Site.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2022Article
- Black carbon health impacts in the Indo-Gangetic plain: Exposures, risks, and mitigation.Science advances · 2022Article
- Modification of associations between indoor particulate matter and systemic inflammation in individuals with COPD.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Integrated molecular response of exposure to traffic-related pollutants in the US trucking industry.Environment international · 2022Article
- Short-Term Cumulative Exposure to Ambient Traffic-Related Black Carbon and Blood Pressure: MMDA Traffic Enforcers' Health Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundBlack carbon (BC) is a ubiquitous component of particulate matter (PM) emitted from combustion-related sources and is associated with a number of health outcomes.
objectivesWe conducted a systematic review to evaluate the potential for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality following exposure to ambient BC, or the related component elemental carbon (EC), in the context of what is already known about the associations between exposure to fine particulate matter (PM DATA SOURCES: We conducted a stepwise systematic literature search of the PubMed database and employed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines for reporting our results. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Studies meeting inclusion criteria (i.e., include a quantitative measurement of BC or EC used to characterize exposure and an effect estimate of the association of the exposure metric with ED visits, hospital admissions, or mortality due to cardiovascular disease) were evaluated for risk of bias in study design and results. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS
methodsRisk of bias evaluations assess some aspects of internal validity of study findings based on study design, conduct, and reporting and identify potential issues related to confounding or other biases.
resultsThe results of our systematic review demonstrate similar results for BC or EC and PM LIMITATIONS: We were unable to adequately evaluate the role of copollutant confounding or differential spatial heterogeneity for BC or EC compared to PM CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF KEY
findingsOverall, the evidence at present indicates that BC or EC is consistently associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality but is not sufficient to conclude that BC or EC is independently associated with these effects rather than being an indicator for PM SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION NUMBER: Not available.
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