Ambient air pollution and its influence on human health and welfare: an overview

Almetwally, Alsaid Ahmed; Bin-Jumah, May; Allam, Ahmed A.

doi:10.1007/s11356-020-09042-2

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“…The index is cardinal, with higher values indicating poorer air quality. Index values less than 100 are generally deemed acceptable, those between 100 and 150 are labeled unhealthy for sensitive groups, 2 While API is calculated by determining the maximum value for a nonlinear transformation of three separate pollutants (PM 10 , NO 2 , and SO 2 ), as detailed in the next section, particulate matter is almost always the driver of API in our sample. More specifically, for the subset of data for which the driving pollutant is reported, particulate matter is the determining pollutant 99.2 percent of the time, and 100 percent of the time for days with an API greater than 100.…”

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“…A 10-unit increase in the air pollution index (API) decreases the number of daily calls handled by a worker by 0.35 percent on average. 2 Productivity declines are largely linearly increasing in pollution levels, with statistically significant results emerging at an API above 100 for some measures of productivity and 150 for all of them. These estimates are robust to the inclusion of meteorology controls, worker-specific fixed effects, and a number of robustness checks that support the contention that we are estimating causal effects.…”

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“…[3][4][5] It is estimated that the prevalence of NSCLC will continue to rise, partially due to the rise in tobacco use and also to an increase in air pollution. 6 NSCLC is usually symptomatic and is therefore diagnosed at an advanced stage. Despite recent advancement in therapies, the prognosis of NSCLC patients remains unsatisfactory with a fiveor 10-year survival rate of 15%-20% of the total population without EGFR gene mutation or ALK translocation.…”

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Non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer death and in most cases it is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Many genetic and microenvironmental factors are able to modify the cell cycle inducing carcinogenesis and tumor growth. Among the metabolic and genetic factors that come into play in carcinogenesis and tumor cell differentiation and growth there are two different proteins that should be considered which are glucose transporters (GLUTs) and p16 INK4 The first are glucose transporters which are strongly involved in tumor metabolism, notably accelerating cancer cell metabolism both in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. There are different subtypes of GLUT family factors of which GLUT 1 is the most important and widely expressed. By contrast, p16 is mainly a tumor‐suppressor protein that acts on cyclin‐dependent kinase favoring cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase. Our search focused on the action of the aforementioned factors.

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“…Human health and well-being are inextricably linked to the quality of the environment and it is increasingly recognised that human exposure to high levels of air, water and other pollution is associated with a number of harmful health effects. It is increasingly recognised that linking environmental and health impacts requires economic assessment in order to ensure that they are properly reflected in policy [18].…”

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Our paper focuses on studying the development and implementation of a comprehensive environmental safety assessment and mitigation strategy for countries of origin and destination of environmental migration. Environmental migration represents one of the key threats to the security of regions and countries and is linked to their sustainable development (or lack thereof). Moreover, it is also connected to many important social, economic as well as demographic outcomes. Global warming caused by human activities is already having a major impact on the planet and is likely to render parts of the world uninhabitable, leading to migration, displacement, and planned resettlement. The goal of the paper is also to assess the impact of future migration due to the global warming and climate change. The results of the paper demonstrate that climate impacts can trigger migration and change population distribution within the next few decades. It is also clear that migration caused by the environmental factors (such as droughts, floods, higher temperature sand more extreme weather events) would inevitably lead to the geopolitical changes with long-range impacts and effects.

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Ambient air pollution and its influence on human health and welfare: an overview

Cited by 191 publications

References 134 publications

The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call Center Workers in China

The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call Center Workers in China

Expression and role of p16 and GLUT1 in malignant diseases and lung cancer: A review

Environmental migration and sustainable development of regions and countries

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