Background: Air pollution exposure is ubiquitous with demonstrated effects on morbidity and mortality. A growing literature suggests that prenatal air pollution exposure impacts neurodevelopment. We posit that the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program will provide uniqu...

Abstract: (1) Background: As the most common eye disease diagnosed in emergency departments, conjunctivitis has caused serious health and economic burdens worldwide. However, whether air pollution may be a risk factor for conjunctivitis is still inconsistent among current evidence. (2) Method...

Purpose Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia with several risk factors. Recent studies have suggested that the exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) increased the incidence of AF, but there is no meta-analysis of AF occurrence due to the exposure to PM2.5...

Background: Air pollution is a global problem with PM2.5 being one of the major pollutants causing many diseases. The concentrations of PM2.5 are found to exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) standards especially in lower middle-income countries (LMICs) that house around 40% of the global p...

Exposure to atmospheric pollutants in both open and closed environments is a major cause of morbidity and mortality that may be both controlled and minimized. Despite growing evidence, several controversies and disagreements exist among the studies that have analyzed the effects of prenatal pollu...

Air pollution is a leading global problem for public health. A number of ambient pollutants have been involved, including carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM). Although exposure to PM has been linked to a wide array of cardiova...

Background: Epidemiological studies in humans that have evaluated the association between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and atherosclerosis have yielded mixed results. Design: In order to further investigate this relationship, we conducted a comprehensive search for studies published through Ma...

Aims: We conducted systematic review as well as meta-analyses on the association between particulate matter and daily stroke attack from a number of epidemiologic studies. Methods: Twelve quantitative studies about the associations between particulate matter and stroke attack met the inclusive cr...

Air pollution is a modifiable and preventable factor, and it is a possible risk factor for dementia. However, evidence from epidemiological studies is still limited. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the epidemiological evidence for long-term effects of particulate m...

Background:Few randomized trials have evaluated the effect of reducing red meat intake on clinically important outcomes. Purpose:To summarize the effect of lower versus higher red meat intake on the incidence of cardiometabolic and cancer outcomes in adults. Data Sources:EMBASE, CENTRAL, CINAHL...