OBJECTIVE Environmental air pollution has become a leading health concern especially in the developing countries with more urbanization, industrialization and rapidly growing population. Prolonged exposure to air pollution is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of environmental air pollution on progression of cardiovascular problems. M...

T HE INSPIRED AIR MAY BE POLLUTED by a variety of factors ranging from personal air pollution, as cigarette smoking, to contamination of all the air in a locality as occurs in Los Angeles or the Tokyo-Yokohama area of Japan. The rapid expansion of industry, the use of synthetic chemicals and the increased use of the automobile have created many air pollution problems, so that the clean air supp...

air pollution in large cities is very important from health and economic points of views. in a city, air pollution has direct relationship with the topography, climate, population, economic situation and the degree of industrialization. therefore, for a survey about kerman's air pollution, 13 stations were chosen for determination of so2, no2 and co, and 14 stations to assess concentration of s...

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Air pollution is responsible for many health problems in the urban areas. Of late, the air pollution status in Delhi has undergone many changes in terms of the levels of pollutants and the control measures taken to reduce them. This paper provides an evidence-based insight into the status of air pollution in Delhi and its effects on health and control measures instituted. The urban air database...

Outdoor and indoor air pollution poses a significant cardiovascular risk, and has been associated with atherosclerosis, the main underlying pathology in many cardiovascular diseases. Although, it is well known that exposure to air pollution causes pulmonary disease, recent studies have shown that cardiovascular health consequences of air pollution generally equal or exceed those due to pulmonar...

India's air pollution problem needs to be tackled systematically, taking an all-of-government approach, to reduce the huge burden of associated ill-health. Patralekha Chatterjee reports.