SynthesisDeutsches Arzteblatt international2019
The Effects of Fine Dust, Ozone, and Nitrogen Dioxide on Health.
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- Exposure to cement industry emissions and respiratory health outcomes: a global systematic review and meta-analysis from 2000 to 2025.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Cross-sectional evaluation of exposure to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate mass levels on circulating immune markers in women in the California Teachers Study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cross-sectional evaluation of exposure to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate mass levels on circulating immune markers in women in the California Teachers Study.Research square · 2025Article
- The elderly as a population at risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality due to ambient ozone exposure: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
- The Epidemiological and Toxicological Intersection of Air Pollution and Dementia.Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2025Review
- Osteogenic Protection against Fine Dust with Erucic Acid-Induced Exosomes.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2024Article
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- A comprehensive review on endocrine toxicity of gaseous components and particulate matter in smog.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
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- Inhibition of Urban Particulate Matter-Induced Airway Inflammation by RIPK3 through the Regulation of Tight Junction Protein Production.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Measuring the quantity of harmful volatile organic compounds inhaled through masks.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2023Article
- Construction and evaluation of hourly average indoor PMFrontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Thermotherapy as an alternative to exercise for metabolic health in obese postmenopausal women: focus on circulating irisin level.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2022Article
- Epigenetic Regulation in Exposome-Induced Tumorigenesis: Emerging Roles of ncRNAs.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Can the perceived risk of particulate matter change people's desires and behavior intentions?Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Burden of COPD Due to Ozone Exposure in Germany.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Article
- An Approximation for Metal-Oxide Sensor Calibration for Air Quality Monitoring Using Multivariable Statistical Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAir pollutants, especially fine dust, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide, pose a danger to health worldwide. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO), in order to protect public health, issued global recommendations for maximum levels of fine dust (10 μg/m3 for fine dust particles smaller than 2.5 μm [PM2.5]), ozone, and nitrogen dioxide. The recommended levels are regularly exceeded in many places in Germany.
methodsThis review is based on relevant publications retrieved by a selective search in PubMed and, in part, on an expert statement issued in the name of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS).
resultsAir pollutants affect the entire body, from the beginning of intrauterine development all the way to the end of life, causing premature death mainly through lung and heart disease. An epidemiological study has shown, for example, that mor- tality rises approximately 7% for every incremental long-term exposure to 5 μg/m3 PM2.5 (95% confidence interval: [2; 13]). Aside from lung and heart disease, the carcinogenic effect of fine dust is now well established. High fine-dust exposure has also been linked to metabolic diseases. For example, in a meta-analysis of cohort studies, the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus was found to be associated with elevated fine dust concentrations, with a 25% relative risk increase [10; 43] for every 10 µg/m3 of PM2.5. More recent studies have shown that these substances cause harm even in concentrations that are below the recommended limits.
conclusionIt is very important for public health that the current EU standards for rkedly lowered so that health risks can be further reduced, in accordance with the recommendations of the WHO.
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