Associations of parental air pollution and greenness exposures with offspring asthma outcomes.

Background: Air pollution and greenness impact respiratory health, but intergenerational effects remain unclear.We investigated whether pre-conception parental residential exposure to air pollution and greenness at age 20-44 years is associated with offspring asthma outcomes in the Lifespan and inter-generational respiratory effects of exposures to greenness and air pollution (Life-GAP) project.

Methods: We analyzed data on 3684 RHINESSA study participants born after the year 1990 (mean age 19, standard deviation 4), offspring of 2689 RHINE study participants.

The association of low-level air pollution with birth weight in a register-based study: potential effects below WHO AQ guidelines.

Background: Air pollution exposure during pregnancy has been associated with adverse birth outcomes. Uncertainties remain about the effect at very low exposure levels. The aim of this study was to explore the association of maternal exposure to air pollutants during pregnancy at very low exposure levels with birth weight and estimate the health impact.

Cardiometabolic Health Effects of Air Pollution, Noise, Green Space, and Socioeconomic Status: The HERMES Study.

Introduction: We conducted the HERMES study to address the role of source-specific air pollution and the independent effects of air pollution, noise, and green space as well as the identification of susceptible subgroups defined by sociodemographic characteristics, stress conditions, and comorbidity in relation to cardiometabolic health. We studied three cohorts, a chemistry transport model (CTM) system, a noise model, a high-resolution land use map, and Danish registries on health and sociodemographic variables at individual and small-area levels.

Methods: Using Danish registries we defined a cohort of about 2 million persons living in Denmark.

Long-term exposure to air pollution and greenness in association with respiratory emergency room visits and hospitalizations: The Life-GAP project.

Background: Air pollution has been linked to respiratory diseases, while the effects of greenness remain inconclusive.

Objective: We investigated the associations between exposure to particulate matter (PM and PM), black carbon (BC), nitrogen dioxide (NO), ozone (O), and greenness (normalized difference vegetation index, NDVI) with respiratory emergency room visits and hospitalizations across seven Northern European centers in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) study.

Methods: We used modified mixed-effects Poisson regression to analyze associations of exposure in 1990, 2000 and mean exposure 1990-2000 with respiratory outcomes recorded duing ECRHS phases II and III.

Impact of air pollution and noise exposure on cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality: A systematic review.

Background: The relationship between environmental pollutants, specifically air pollution and noise, and cardiovascular disease is well-recognized. However, their combined effects on cardiovascular health are not fully explored.

Objectives: To review evidence on the correlation between air pollution and noise exposure and cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality.