An overview of atmospheric aerosol and their effects on human health

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Dec;30(60):125347-125369. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-29652-w. Epub 2023 Sep 6.

Abstract

Epidemiologic investigations have previously been published in more than 200 papers, and several studies have examined the impacts of particle air pollution on health. The main conclusions now being made about the epidemiological evidence of particle pollution-induced health impacts are discussed in this article. Although there is no universal agreement, most reviewers conclude that particulate air pollution, particularly excellent combustion-cause contamination prevalent in many municipal and manufacturing environments, is a significant risk for cardiopulmonary sickness and mortality. Most epidemiological research has concentrated on the impacts of acute exposure, although the total public health implications of chronic acquaintance's outcome may be more extraordinarily significant. According to some reviewers, prolonged, repeated exposure raises the risk of cardiorespiratory death and chronic respiratory illness. A more general (but still universal) agreement is that short-term particle pollution exposure has been shown to aggravate pre-existing pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and increase the number of community members who become sick, require medical treatment, or die. Several in-depth studies conducted in the global and Indian regions are addressed.

Keywords: Aerosol; Air pollution; Health effects; Particular matter; Respiratory.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants* / analysis
  • Air Pollution* / analysis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / chemically induced
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Humans
  • Particulate Matter / analysis
  • Public Health

Substances

  • Air Pollutants
  • Particulate Matter