"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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2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2021 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2022 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
2023 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
2024 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Air Pollution" by people in Profiles.
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Proximity to traffic is associated with worse symptom severity in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. Am J Otolaryngol. 2025 Jan-Feb; 46(1):104580.
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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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Differing associations of PM2.5 exposure with systolic and diastolic blood pressures across exposure durations in a predominantly non-Hispanic Black cohort. Sci Rep. 2024 08 31; 14(1):20256.
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Contextual Deprivation, Race and Ethnicity, and Income in Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 08 01; 7(8):e2429137.
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PM2.5, vegetation density, and childhood cancer: a case-control registry-based study from Texas 1995-2011. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Jun 07; 116(6):876-884.
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Air pollution, genetic factors, and chronic rhinosinusitis: A prospective study in the UK Biobank. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Aug 25; 940:173526.
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Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and measures of central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness among multiethnic Chicago residents. Environ Health. 2024 May 07; 23(1):47.
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Household Air Pollution Interventions to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 04 15; 209(8):909-927.
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Air pollution is associated with increased incidence-rate of head and neck cancers: A nationally representative ecological study. Oral Oncol. 2024 Mar; 150:106691.
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Air quality and cancer risk in the All of Us Research Program. Cancer Causes Control. 2024 May; 35(5):749-760.