 Air Pollutants
"Air Pollutants" 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.
Any substance in the air which could, if present in high enough concentration, harm humans, animals, vegetation or materials. Substances include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; and volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.
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D000393
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.888.284.101
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| Concept/Terms |
Air Pollutants, Environmental- Air Pollutants, Environmental
- Environmental Pollutants, Air
- Air Environmental Pollutants
- Pollutants, Air Environmental
- Environmental Air Pollutants
- Pollutants, Environmental Air
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Air Pollutants" by people in this website by year, and whether "Air Pollutants" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2005 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2012 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2013 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2014 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2015 | 9 | 1 | 10 | | 2016 | 10 | 3 | 13 | | 2017 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2018 | 13 | 1 | 14 | | 2019 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2020 | 18 | 3 | 21 | | 2021 | 16 | 0 | 16 | | 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2023 | 16 | 2 | 18 | | 2024 | 13 | 5 | 18 | | 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Air Pollutants" by people in Profiles.
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Weisner ML, Varner PM, Ku IT, Collett JL, Buck B, McKenzie LM. Cumulative Human Health Risk Assessment of Regional Ozone and Volatile Organic Compounds from Unconventional Oil and Gas Sites in Colorado's Front Range. Environ Health Perspect. 2025 May; 133(5):57025.
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deSouza PN, Shea AA, Vitzthum VJ, Duarte F, Hanly CG, Timmons M, Huguelet P, Sammel MD, Ratti C, Braun D, Nethery RC. The effect of air pollution exposure on menstrual cycle health using self-reported data from a mobile health app: a prospective, observational study. Lancet Planet Health. 2025 May; 9(5):e364-e373.
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Verreyken BWD, Harkins C, Li M, Angevine W, Stockwell CE, Xu L, Coggon M, Gilman J, Warneke C, Strobach E, Brown S, McCarty B, Marchbanks R, Baidar S, Brewer A, Pfannerstill EY, Arata C, Goldstein AH, Brioude J, McDonald BC. Top-Down Evaluation of Volatile Chemical Product Emissions Using a Lagrangian Framework. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Apr 15; 59(14):7211-7221.
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Patterson WB, Young ND, Holzhausen EA, Lurmann F, Liang D, Walker DI, Jones DP, Liao J, Chen Z, Conti DV, Chatzi L, Goodrich JA, Alderete TL. Oxidative gaseous air pollutant exposure interacts with PNPLA3-I148M genotype to influence liver fat fraction and multi-omics profiles in young adults. Environ Pollut. 2025 Mar 01; 368:125692.
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Moore CM, Thornburg J, Secor EA, Hamlington KL, Schiltz AM, Freeman KL, Everman JL, Fingerlin TE, Liu AH, Seibold MA. Comparative analysis of ambient, in-home, and personal exposures reveals associations between breathing zone pollutant levels and asthma exacerbations in high-risk children. Respir Res. 2025 Jan 27; 26(1):40.
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Lyu X, Li H, Lee SC, Xiong E, Guo H, Wang T, de Gouw J. Significant Biogenic Source of Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds and the Impacts on Photochemistry at a Regional Background Site in South China. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Nov 12; 58(45):20081-20090.
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Schenker RB, Machle CJ, Allayee H, Lurmann F, Patterson WB, Kohli R, Goran MI, Alderete TL. Ambient air pollution exposure is associated with liver fat and stiffness in Latino youth with a more pronounced effect in those with PNPLA3 genotype and more advanced liver disease. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2024 Nov 01; 286:117234.
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Friedman C, Niemiec S, Dabelea D, Kechris K, Yang IV, Adgate JL, Glueck DH, Martenies SE, Magzamen S, Starling AP. Prenatal black carbon exposure and DNA methylation in umbilical cord blood. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2025 Jan; 263:114464.
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Rutherford M, Koss A, de Gouw J. Mobile VOC measurements in Commerce City, CO reveal the emissions from different sources. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2024 Oct; 74(10):714-725.
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Smolker HR, Reid CE, Friedman NP, Banich MT. The Association between Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution and the Trajectory of Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors during Late Childhood and Early Adolescence: Evidence from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Aug; 132(8):87001.
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