 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.
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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 | 2 | 4 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 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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Palmer A, Rauscher G, Abraham I, Burkart M, Dave A, Raptis N, Aleem A, Gannamani V, Erra A, Monick S, Galvez C, Shah S, Rahmani Youshanlouei H, Larson ML, Zia M, Tsai SB, Altman JK, Stock W, Khan I, Patel AA. Air pollutant impact on disease characteristics and outcomes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2024 09 10; 8(17):4647-4650.
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Gui ZH, Heinrich J, Min Qian Z, Schootman M, Zhao TY, Xu SL, Jin NX, Huang HH, He WT, Wu QZ, Zhang JL, Wang DS, Yang M, Liu RQ, Zeng XW, Dong GH, Lin LZ. Exposures to particulate matters and childhood sleep disorders-A large study in three provinces in China. Environ Int. 2024 Aug; 190:108841.
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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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Su LJ, Young SG, Collins J, Matich E, Hsu PC, Chiang TC. Geospatial Assessment of Pesticide Concentration in Ambient Air and Colorectal Cancer Incidence in Arkansas, 2013-2017. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 03 10; 19(6).
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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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Frye RE, Cakir J, Rose S, Palmer RF, Austin C, Curtin P. Physiological mediators of prenatal environmental influences in autism spectrum disorder. Bioessays. 2021 09; 43(9):e2000307.
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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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Mendy A, Wu X, Keller JL, Fassler CS, Apewokin S, Mersha TB, Xie C, Pinney SM. Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and hospitalization in COVID-19 patients. Respir Med. 2021 03; 178:106313.
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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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Choi G, Stingone JA, Desrosiers TA, Olshan AF, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, Pruitt S, Romitti PA, Yazdy MM, Browne ML, Langlois PH, Botto L, Luben TJ. Maternal exposure to outdoor air pollution and congenital limb deficiencies in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Environ Res. 2019 12; 179(Pt A):108716.
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Rappazzo KM, Joodi G, Hoffman SR, Pursell IW, Mounsey JP, Cascio WE, Simpson RJ. A case-crossover analysis of the relationship of air pollution with out-of-hospital sudden unexpected death in Wake County, North Carolina (2013-2015). Sci Total Environ. 2019 Dec 01; 694:133744.
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Rutlen C, Rutlen DL. Is Endurance Exercise Safe? The Myth of Pheidippides. South Med J. 2019 04; 112(4):210-214.
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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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Stingone JA, Luben TJ, Carmichael SL, Aylsworth AS, Botto LD, Correa A, Gilboa SM, Langlois PH, Nembhard WN, Richmond-Bryant J, Shaw GM, Olshan AF. Maternal Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide, Intake of Methyl Nutrients, and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring. Am J Epidemiol. 2017 Sep 15; 186(6):719-729.
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Lin H, Guo Y, Kowal P, Airhihenbuwa CO, Di Q, Zheng Y, Zhao X, Vaughn MG, Howard S, Schootman M, Salinas-Rodriguez A, Yawson AE, Arokiasamy P, Manrique-Espinoza BS, Biritwum RB, Rule SP, Minicuci N, Naidoo N, Chatterji S, Qian ZM, Ma W, Wu F. Exposure to air pollution and tobacco smoking and their combined effects on depression in six low- and middle-income countries. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Sep; 211(3):157-162.
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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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Storkey J, Macdonald AJ, Poulton PR, Scott T, K?hler IH, Schnyder H, Goulding KW, Crawley MJ. Grassland biodiversity bounces back from long-term nitrogen addition. Nature. 2015 Dec 17; 528(7582):401-4.
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