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ArticleJournal of the Georgia Public Health Association2016

Air pollution, physical activity, and markers of acute airway oxidative stress and inflammation in adolescents.

Emilia Pasalic, Matthew J Hayat, Roby Greenwald

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Article in Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of the inhaled dose of air pollution on health: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emilia PasalicMaster of Public Health Program, Georgia State University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA.
Matthew J HayatGraduate Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Georgia State University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA.
Roby GreenwaldGraduate Division of Environmental Health, Georgia State University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA.
Georgia State University · US

Funding

The influences of air pollution mixtures on biomarkers of airway oxidative stressK25ES020355 · NIEHS · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GREENWALD, ROBY · 2012 to 2016
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NIEHS NIH HHS K25 ES020355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe airway inflammatory response is likely the mechanism for adverse health effects related to exposure to air pollution. Increased ventilation rates during physical activity in the presence of air pollution increases the inhaled dose of pollutants. However, physical activity may moderate the relationship between air pollution and the inflammatory response. The present study aimed to characterize, among healthy adolescents, the relationship between dose of inhaled air pollution, physical activity, and markers of lung function, oxidative stress, and airway inflammation.

methodsWith a non-probability sample of adolescents, this observational study estimated the association between air pollution dose and outcome measures by use of general linear mixed models with an unstructured covariance structure and a random intercept for subjects to account for repeated measures within subjects.

resultsA one interquartile range (IQR) (i.e., 345.64 μg) increase in ozone (O

conclusionsThe moderating effects of activity level suggest that peaks of high concentration doses of air pollution may overwhelm the endogenous redox balance of cells, resulting in increased airway inflammation. Further research that examines the relationships between dose peaks over time and inflammation could help to determine whether a high concentration dose over a short period of time has a different effect than a lower concentration dose over a longer period of time.

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adolescentsair pollutioninhaled dosephysical activity

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PMID30662974
PMCPMC6338427
OpenAlexW2564436275

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