 Air Pollution
"Air Pollution" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air (AIR POLLUTANTS) that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects. The substances may include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; or volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000397
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.460.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Air Pollution- Air Pollution
- Air Pollutions
- Pollution, Air
- Pollutions, Air
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Air Pollution" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Air Pollution" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Air Pollution" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Ellis ET, Young SG, Carroll R, Stahr SD, Runnells GA, Grasmuck EA, Su LJ, Park YM, Hsu PC. Carcinogenic air pollutants and breast cancer risk in the Arkansas rural community health study: A nested case-control study. Environ Pollut. 2025 Mar 01; 368:125709.
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Joshi M, Joshi A, Bartter T. The impact of climate change on respiratory health: current understanding and knowledge gaps. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2025 Mar 01; 31(2):79-88.
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Chao CY, Li W, Hopke PK, Guo F, Wang Y, Griffin RJ. Increases in PM2.5 levels in Houston are associated with a highly recirculating sea breeze. Environ Pollut. 2025 Feb 01; 366:125381.
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Price AS, Jefferson AA, Perry TT. Generational Consequences From Historical Redlining: Longitudinal Impacts on Air Pollution and Asthma Health Outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 03; 11(3):970-971.
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Montas L, Roy SS, Ferguson AC, Mena KD, Kumar N, Solo-Gabriele HM. Using satellite-based AOD and ground-based measurements to evaluate the impact of the DWH oil spill on coastal air quality. Mar Pollut Bull. 2022 Aug; 181:113910.
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Zhou S, Griffin RJ, Bui A, Lilienfeld Asbun A, Bravo MA, Osgood C, Miranda ML. Disparities in air quality downscaler model uncertainty across socioeconomic and demographic indicators in North Carolina. Environ Res. 2022 09; 212(Pt C):113418.
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Mendy A, Wu X, Keller JL, Fassler CS, Apewokin S, Mersha TB, Xie C, Pinney SM. Air pollution and the pandemic: Long-term PM2.5 exposure and disease severity in COVID-19 patients. Respirology. 2021 12; 26(12):1181-1187.
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Yu H, Hu LW, Zhou Y, Qian Z, Schootman M, LeBaige MH, Zhou Y, Xiong S, Shen X, Lin LZ, Zhou P, Liu RQ, Yang BY, Chen G, Zeng XW, Yu Y, Dong GH. Association between eye-level greenness and lung function in urban Chinese children. Environ Res. 2021 11; 202:111641.
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Yu H, Zhou Y, Wang R, Qian Z, Knibbs LD, Jalaludin B, Schootman M, McMillin SE, Howard SW, Lin LZ, Zhou P, Hu LW, Liu RQ, Yang BY, Chen G, Zeng XW, Feng W, Xiang M, Dong GH. Associations between trees and grass presence with childhood asthma prevalence using deep learning image segmentation and a novel green view index. Environ Pollut. 2021 Oct 01; 286:117582.
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Ejaz A, Malik AO, Lopez-Candales A. Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular disease: learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic. Postgrad Med. 2021 08; 133(6):587-588.
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Ulrich L, Macias C, George A, Bai S, Allen E. Unexpected decline in pediatric asthma morbidity during the coronavirus pandemic. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 07; 56(7):1951-1956.
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Frye RE, Cakir J, Rose S, Delhey L, Bennuri SC, Tippett M, Melnyk S, James SJ, Palmer RF, Austin C, Curtin P, Arora M. Prenatal air pollution influences neurodevelopment and behavior in autism spectrum disorder by modulating mitochondrial physiology. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 05; 26(5):1561-1577.
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Shih P, Huang CC, Pan SC, Chiang TL, Guo YL. Hyperactivity disorder in children related to traffic-based air pollution during pregnancy. Environ Res. 2020 09; 188:109588.
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Joshi M, Goraya H, Joshi A, Bartter T. Climate change and respiratory diseases: a 2020 perspective. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2020 Mar; 26(2):119-127.
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Miller DJ, Actkinson B, Padilla L, Griffin RJ, Moore K, Lewis PGT, Gardner-Frolick R, Craft E, Portier CJ, Hamburg SP, Alvarez RA. Characterizing Elevated Urban Air Pollutant Spatial Patterns with Mobile Monitoring in Houston, Texas. Environ Sci Technol. 2020 02 18; 54(4):2133-2142.
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Rutlen C, Orloff M, Bates J, Porter A. Crop burning and the prevalence of asthma and COPD emergency department treatments in a rural Arkansas county. J Asthma. 2021 03; 58(3):293-298.
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Blount RJ, Pascopella L, Barry P, Zabner J, Stapleton EM, Flood J, Balmes J, Nahid P, Catanzaro DG. Residential urban tree canopy is associated with decreased mortality during tuberculosis treatment in California. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Apr 01; 711:134580.
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Alman BL, Stingone JA, Yazdy M, Botto LD, Desrosiers TA, Pruitt S, Herring AH, Langlois PH, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, Olshan AF, Luben TJ. Associations between PM2.5 and risk of preterm birth among liveborn infants. Ann Epidemiol. 2019 11; 39:46-53.e2.
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Wohak LE, Baranski AC, Krais AM, Schmeiser HH, Phillips DH, Arlt VM. The impact of p53 function on the metabolic activation of the carcinogenic air pollutant 3-nitrobenzanthrone and its metabolites 3-aminobenzanthrone and N-hydroxy-3-aminobenzanthrone in human cells. Mutagenesis. 2018 10 11; 33(4):311-321.
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Blount RJ, Pascopella L, Catanzaro DG, Barry PM, English PB, Segal MR, Flood J, Meltzer D, Jones B, Balmes J, Nahid P. Traffic-Related Air Pollution and All-Cause Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in California. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 09 29; 125(9):097026.
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Lin H, Liu T, Fang F, Xiao J, Zeng W, Li X, Guo L, Tian L, Schootman M, Stamatakis KA, Qian Z, Ma W. Mortality benefits of vigorous air quality improvement interventions during the periods of APEC Blue and Parade Blue in Beijing, China. Environ Pollut. 2017 Jan; 220(Pt A):222-227.
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Mirsaeidi M, Motahari H, Taghizadeh Khamesi M, Sharifi A, Campos M, Schraufnagel DE. Climate Change and Respiratory Infections. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 08; 13(8):1223-30.
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