ReviewToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology2023
Air pollution and respiratory infections: the past, present, and future.
Review in Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) With COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in Low-and Middle-income Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Pooled it
- Short-term and long-term effects of air pollution on acute lower respiratory infections incidence and mortality: an overview and critical appraisal of systematic reviews.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- Projecting non-communicable diseases attributable to air pollution in the climate change era: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Traffic-Related Diesel Exhaust Exposure and Moderate Exercise on Obesity, Metabolic Dysfunction, and Inflammatory Responses in Rats.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Modelling air pollution impacts on infectious disease.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- A Novel Air-Liquid Interface Exposure System for Continuous Gas Exposure of Airway Epithelial Cells: Exposure of NOJournal of applied toxicology : JAT · 2026Article
- Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter 2.5 and Ozone and the Risk of Acute Respiratory Infections: Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Association between long-term PMBMC public health · 2026Article
- Optimal machine learning models and factors for global infectious diseases: An ecological analysis.Infectious medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Spatial Distribution of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Hydrological and Household Influences.GeoHealth · 2026Article
- The Application of Machine Learning in the Development of Co-Amorphous Dry Powder Inhalation.AAPS PharmSciTech · 2026Article
- Estimated mortality attributable to ambient PMScientific reports · 2026Article
- Ambient Air Pollution and COVID-19 in California.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2026Article
- Association between air pollution, multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- hMPV co-infections: Distinct immunopathogenic mechanisms and clinical implications of viral and bacterial pathogenesis.Folia microbiologica · 2025Review
- Dust air pollution and hospital visits for respiratory, cardiovascular, and eye diseases in Eastern Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Air pollution exposure and the burden of pediatric upper respiratory tract infections in emergency departments: a retrospective time-series study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Natural Experiments: An Efficient Tool for Population Respiratory Health Evaluation.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Article
- REACH-OUT: Race, Ethnicity, and Air Pollution in COVID-19 Hospitalization OUTcomes.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2025Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Air pollution levels across the globe continue to rise despite government regulations. The increase in global air pollution levels drives detrimental human health effects, including 7 million premature deaths every year. Many of these deaths are attributable to increased incidence of respiratory infections. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented public health crisis that has claimed the lives of over 6.5 million people globally, respiratory infections as a driver of human mortality is a pressing concern. Therefore, it is more important than ever to understand the relationship between air pollution and respiratory infections so that public health measures can be implemented to ameliorate further morbidity and mortality. This article aims to review the current epidemiologic and basic science research on interactions between air pollution exposure and respiratory infections. The first section will present epidemiologic studies organized by pathogen, followed by a review of basic science research investigating the mechanisms of infection, and then conclude with a discussion of areas that require future investigation.
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