ReviewEpidemiology and health2018
Road dust and its effect on human health: a literature review.
Review in Epidemiology and health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.
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Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed.
- Inhalation Bioaccessibility, Pollution Assessment, and Speciation of Heavy Metals in PMToxics · 2026Article
- Dust reduces plant female fitness by absorbing secretions and occupying surfaces of the stigma.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Multi-hazard exposure in public schools of a medium-sized city: outdoor road dust contamination, and indoor Rn risk.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2026Article
- Road Dust, PMToxics · 2026Article
- Tracing spatial mid-size Eastern U.S. cities road dust pollution: insights from source apportionment and health risk assessment.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Assessment of respiratory function status among commercial motorcycle drivers in Sawla town, southern Ethiopia: comparative cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Comparative evaluation of a multi-functional dust suppressant synthesized from Sapindus mukorossi extract and bentonite clay.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The nature and distribution of road sediment contaminants in the greater Las Vegas, Nevada area.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Article
- Bioaccumulation of Lead and Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Fish Samples of Baraila Lake, Vaishali, Bihar.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Impact of road dust on local air pollution: a case study of Auckland, New Zealand.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Article
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- Increased risk of developing cerebro-cardiovascular diseases in police officers: a nationwide retrospective cohort study.Clinical hypertension · 2024Article
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- Beyond Conventional Monitoring: A Semantic Segmentation Approach to Quantifying Traffic-Induced Dust on Unsealed Roads.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Reduction of Outdoor and Indoor PMToxics · 2023Article
- Correlations between Educational Struggle, Toxic Sites by School District and Demographic Variables, with Geographical Information System Projections.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Effects of Road Dust Particle Size on Mineralogy, Chemical Bulk Content, Pollution and Health Risk Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impacts of Indoor Dust Exposure on Human Colonic Cell Viability, Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis.Toxics · 2023Article
- Occupational respiratory morbidity and associated factors among hairdressers in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2023Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of road dust on human health. A PubMed search was used to extract references that included the words "road dust" and "health" or "fugitive dust" and "health" in the title or abstract. A total of 46 references were extracted and selected for review after the primary screening of 949 articles. The respiratory system was found to be the most affected system in the human body. Lead, platinum-group elements (platinum, rhodium, and bohrium), aluminum, zinc, vanadium, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were the components of road dust that were most frequently referenced in the articles reviewed. Road dust was found to have harmful effects on the human body, especially on the respiratory system. To determine the complex mechanism of action of various components of road dust on the human body and the results thereof, the authors recommend a further meta-analysis and extensive risk-assessment research into the health impacts of dust exposure.
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