Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease

Heart Rate Variability

1996 • 15,997 citations

Heart rate variability: Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use

1996 • 14,140 citations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change

1998 • 9,035 citations

Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution

2002 • 8,253 citations

An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities

1993 • 7,945 citations

Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

2002 • 7,456 citations

Air pollution and health

2002 • 4,454 citations

Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Heart Disease in Eight U.S. Counties

1999 • 3,060 citations

Particulate Air Pollution as a Predictor of Mortality in a Prospective Study of U.S. Adults

1995 • 2,712 citations

From Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient

2003 • 2,702 citations

Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution

2003 • 2,519 citations

Plasma Concentration of Interleukin-6 and the Risk of Future Myocardial Infarction Among Apparently Healthy Men

2000 • 2,394 citations

From Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient

2003 • 2,139 citations

Particulate air pollution and acute health effects

1995 • 2,138 citations

Endothelial Dysfunction

2003 • 2,137 citations

Ultrafine particulate pollutants induce oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage.

2003 • 2,020 citations

AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update

2002 • 1,909 citations

Air quality guidelines for Europe

1988 • 1,801 citations

Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution: a European assessment

2000 • 1,716 citations

Passage of Inhaled Particles Into the Blood Circulation in Humans

2002 • 1,608 citations

Association between mortality and indicators of traffic-related air pollution in the Netherlands: a cohort study

2002 • 1,577 citations

Increased Particulate Air Pollution and the Triggering of Myocardial Infarction

2001 • 1,452 citations

High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein

2001 • 1,398 citations

Particulate air pollution as a predictor of mortality in a prospective study of U.S. adults.

1995 • 1,159 citations

EXTRAPULMONARY TRANSLOCATION OF ULTRAFINE CARBON PARTICLES FOLLOWING WHOLE-BODY INHALATION EXPOSURE OF RATS

2002 • 1,063 citations

Confounding and Effect Modification in the Short-Term Effects of Ambient Particles on Total Mortality: Results from 29 European Cities within the APHEA2 Project

2001 • 971 citations

Epidemiology of fine particulate air pollution and human health: biologic mechanisms and who's at risk?

2000 • 907 citations

Passive Smoking and Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Arterial Dilatation in Healthy Young Adults

1996 • 907 citations

Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Airways and Peripheral Blood After Short-Term Exposure to Diesel Exhaust in Healthy Human Volunteers

1999 • 875 citations

Ambient Pollution and Heart Rate Variability

2000 • 864 citations

Inhalation of Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Ozone Causes Acute Arterial Vasoconstriction in Healthy Adults

2002 • 826 citations

Oxidative stress: its role in air pollution and adverse health effects

2003 • 744 citations

Increased plasma viscosity during an air pollution episode: a link to mortality?

1997 • 718 citations

AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001 Update

2001 • 698 citations

AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update

2001 • 697 citations

Effect of air-pollution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: an intervention study

2002 • 694 citations

Exposure of the US Population to Environmental Tobacco Smoke

1996 • 679 citations

Elevated C-Reactive Protein Levels and Impaired Endothelial Vasoreactivity in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

2000 • 671 citations

The health consequences of involuntary smoking : a report of the Surgeon General

1986 • 668 citations

Cytokines Involved in the Systemic Inflammatory Response Induced by Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollutants (PM₁₀)

2001 • 665 citations

Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Emergency Room Visits for Asthma in Seattle

1993 • 656 citations

Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiac Arrhythmia

2000 • 653 citations

Passage of Intratracheally Instilled Ultrafine Particles from the Lung into the Systemic Circulation in Hamster

2001 • 634 citations

Daily Mortality and PM₁₀ Pollution in Utah Valley

1992 • 624 citations

Passive Smoking and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease — A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies

1999 • 622 citations

Ambient particle inhalation and the cardiovascular system: potential mechanisms.

2001 • 615 citations

Heart rate variability associated with particulate air pollution

1999 • 602 citations

The precautionary principle in environmental science.

2001 • 595 citations

Particulate air pollution induces progression of atherosclerosis

2002 • 595 citations

The Distributed Lag between Air Pollution and Daily Deaths

2000 • 585 citations

Reduced incidence of admissions for myocardial infarction associated with public smoking ban: before and after study

2004 • 553 citations

Relationship Between Interleukin 6 and Mortality in Patients With Unstable Coronary Artery Disease

2001 • 551 citations

Rapid increases in the steady-state concentration of reactive oxygen species in the lungs and heart after particulate air pollution inhalation.

2002 • 548 citations

Concentrated Ambient Air Particles Induce Mild Pulmonary Inflammation in Healthy Human Volunteers

2000 • 533 citations

Prognostic Influence of Increased Fibrinogen and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Unstable Coronary Artery Disease

1997 • 529 citations

Bioavailable transition metals in particulate matter mediate cardiopulmonary injury in healthy and compromised animal models.

1997 • 516 citations

Role of Free Radicals in the Toxicity of Airborne Fine Particulate Matter

2001 • 503 citations

Ultrafine Particle Deposition in Humans During Rest and Exercise

2003 • 483 citations

MORTALITY IN THE LONDON FOG INCIDENT, 1952

1953 • 465 citations

Ambient Air Pollution and Risk of Birth Defects in Southern California

2002 • 453 citations

Daily variation of particulate air pollution and poor cardiac autonomic control in the elderly.

1999 • 435 citations

Cardiovascular Disease, Interleukin-6, and Risk of Mortality in Older Women

2001 • 431 citations

Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in Steubenville, Ohio

1992 • 416 citations

Particulate Air Pollution and Risk of ST-Segment Depression During Repeated Submaximal Exercise Tests Among Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease

2002 • 412 citations

Acute Effects of Passive Smoking on the Coronary Circulation in Healthy Young Adults

2001 • 408 citations

Particulate air pollution and the blood

1999 • 405 citations

Particulate air pollution is associated with an acute phase response in men. Results from the MONICA–Augsburg Study

2001 • 399 citations

Airborne particles are a risk factor for hospital admissions for heart and lung disease.

2000 • 393 citations

Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Heart Disease in Eight US Counties

1998 • 393 citations

Cytotoxicity and Induction of Proinflammatory Cytokines from Human Monocytes Exposed to Fine (PM2.5) and Coarse Particles (PM10–2.5) in Outdoor and Indoor Air

1999 • 389 citations

Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong.

1999 • 380 citations

Free radical activity and pro-inflammatory effects of particulate air pollution (PM10) in vivo and in vitro.

1996 • 375 citations

Inflammatory Lung Injury after Bronchial Instillation of Air Pollution Particles

2001 • 370 citations

Passive smoking and heart disease. Mechanisms and risk

1995 • 367 citations

Effects of Particulate and Gaseous Air Pollution on Cardiorespiratory Hospitalizations

1999 • 365 citations

Passive smoking as well as active smoking increases the risk of acute stroke

1999 • 335 citations

Ultrafine Particles Affect Experimental Thrombosis in an In Vivo Hamster Model

2002 • 335 citations

Ozone-induced Airway Inflammation in Human Subjects as Determined by Airway Lavage and Biopsy

1993 • 333 citations

Harvesting and Long Term Exposure Effects in the Relation between Air Pollution and Mortality

2000 • 330 citations

Acute Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Increases IL-8 and GRO- α Production in Healthy Human Airways

2000 • 326 citations

Elderly humans exposed to concentrated air pollution particles have decreased heart rate variability

2003 • 325 citations

Particulate air pollution and daily mortality in detroit

1991 • 302 citations

The Meuse Valley fog of 1930: an air pollution disaster

2001 • 301 citations

Air pollution and hospital admissions in Southern Ontario: The acid summer haze effect

1987 • 298 citations

Diesel Exhaust Particles in Lung Acutely Enhance Experimental Peripheral Thrombosis

2003 • 294 citations

Clinical environmental health and toxic exposures

2001 • 293 citations

Personal PM2.5 Exposure and Markers of Oxidative Stress in Blood

2002 • 292 citations

The temporal pattern of respiratory and heart disease mortality in response to air pollution.

2003 • 289 citations

Human Alveolar Macrophage Responses to Air Pollution Particulates Are Associated with Insoluble Components of Coarse Material, Including Particulate Endotoxin

2001 • 286 citations

Air Pollution

2002 • 286 citations

Dose-Response Relationship to Inhaled Endotoxin in Normal Subjects

1997 • 283 citations

Rejoinder: Reanalysis of the Harvard Six Cities Study and American Cancer Society Study of Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality

2003 • 283 citations

The Human Bone Marrow Response to Acute Air Pollution Caused by Forest Fires

2000 • 281 citations

The Association between Air Pollution and Heart Failure, Arrhythmia, Embolism, Thrombosis, and Other Cardiovascular Causes of Death in a Time Series Study

2001 • 276 citations

Airway Inflammation after Controlled Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particulates

2000 • 274 citations

Evidence for an Association Between Air Pollution and Daily Stroke Admissions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2003 • 273 citations

Passive Smoking and Heart Disease

1995 • 272 citations

Effects of air pollution on blood pressure: a population-based approach

2001 • 270 citations

Associations Between 1980 U.S. Mortality Rates and Alternative Measures of Airborne Particle Concentration

1987 • 263 citations

Inhaled Particulate Matter Causes Expression of Nuclear Factor (NF)- κ B–Related Genes and Oxidant-Dependent NF- κ B ActivationIn Vitro

2000 • 258 citations

Mechanisms of morbidity and mortality from exposure to ambient air particles.

2000 • 257 citations

Association of Heart Rate Variability With Occupational and Environmental Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution

2001 • 254 citations

Daily time series for cardiovascular hospital admissions and previous day's air pollution in London, UK.

1997 • 252 citations

Increased inflammation and intracellular calcium caused by ultrafine carbon black is independent of transition metals or other soluble components

2000 • 248 citations

Cigarette Smoking and Other Risk Factors for Silent Cerebral Infarction in the General Population

1998 • 239 citations

Endotoxin Exposure as a Major Determinant of Lung Function Decline in Pig Farmers

1998 • 228 citations

Long-term measurements of respirable sulfates and particles inside and outside homes

1981 • 225 citations

Acute effects of summer air pollution on respiratory symptom reporting in children.

1994 • 223 citations

Passive smoking as a cause of heart disease

1994 • 221 citations

Free radical activity of PM10: iron-mediated generation of hydroxyl radicals.

1997 • 221 citations

Environmental contaminants as etiologic factors for diabetes.

2001 • 219 citations

Air pollution and daily hospital admissions in metropolitan Los Angeles.

2000 • 209 citations

Air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic heart disease in persons with congestive heart failure or arrhythmia.

2002 • 202 citations

Acute Effects of Inhaled Urban Particles and Ozone

1998 • 186 citations

Copper-dependent Inflammation and Nuclear Factor- κ B Activation by Particulate Air Pollution

1998 • 180 citations

Identification of persons with cardiorespiratory conditions who are at risk of dying from the acute effects of ambient air particles.

2001 • 179 citations

Are Diabetics More Susceptible to the Health Effects of Airborne Particles?

2001 • 174 citations

Exposure to Concentrated Ambient Air Particles Alters Hematologic Indices in Humans

2003 • 172 citations

Air pollution: The "heart" of the problem

2003 • 171 citations

Particulate matter and heart rate variability among elderly retirees: the Baltimore 1998 PM study

2001 • 170 citations

EXPOSURE TO URBAN AIR PARTICULATES ALTERS THE MACROPHAGE-MEDIATED INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTION

1999 • 168 citations

Effects of air pollution on emergency room visits for respiratory illnesses in Montreal, Quebec.

1997 • 168 citations

The Association between Daily Mortality and Ambient Air Particle Pollution in Montreal, Quebec

2001 • 167 citations

Effect of Antioxidant Supplementation on Ozone-Induced Lung Injury in Human Subjects

2001 • 159 citations

Inhalation of concentrated ambient air particles exacerbates myocardial ischemia in conscious dogs.

2002 • 159 citations

The Effect of the Urban Ambient Air Pollution Mix on Daily Mortality Rates in 11 Canadian Cities

1998 • 158 citations

Smoking-attributable mortality and years of potential life lost — United States, 1988

1991 • 156 citations

A Case-Crossover Analysis of Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Out-of-Hospital Primary Cardiac Arrest

2001 • 155 citations

Airborne Particulate Matter and Mortality: Timescale Effects in Four US Cities

2003 • 154 citations

Concentrated ambient air particles induce vasoconstriction of small pulmonary arteries in rats.

2002 • 154 citations

Pathology of Congenital Heart Disease

1972 • 150 citations

The Effect of Repeated Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution (PM₁₀) on the Bone Marrow

2001 • 143 citations

Air Pollution and Respiratory Health among Children with Asthmatic or Cough Symptoms

1997 • 141 citations

Need to Test the Arterial Inflammation Hypothesis

2002 • 138 citations

Workplace smoking policies in the United States: results from a national survey of more than 100,000 workers

1997 • 127 citations

Critical Analysis of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A 30-Year Journey

1998 • 127 citations

A possible increase in the incidence of congenital heart defects among the offspring of affected parents

1985 • 125 citations

Relationship between air pollutant levels and hospital admissions in Southern Ontario.

1983 • 121 citations

Electrocardiographic Changes during Exposure to Residual Oil Fly Ash (ROFA) Particles in a Rat Model of Myocardial Infarction

2002 • 121 citations

Ischemic stroke risk and passive exposure to spouses' cigarette smoking. Melbourne Stroke Risk Factor Study (MERFS) Group.

1999 • 119 citations

Inhalation of steady-state sidestream smoke from one cigarette promotes arteriosclerotic plaque development.

1994 • 115 citations

Inhalation of sidestream cigarette smoke accelerates development of arteriosclerotic plaques.

1993 • 104 citations

Day-to-Day Particulate Exposures and Health Changes in Los Angeles Area Residents with Severe Lung Disease

1999 • 103 citations

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases myocardial infarct size in rats.

1994 • 102 citations

Possible Teratogenic Effect of Cigarette Smoking

1971 • 100 citations

Epidemiologic studies of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease and ETS exposure from spousal smoking.

1999 • 96 citations

Air Pollutant Emissions from Kerosene Space Heaters

1982 • 93 citations

Airborne particulates and hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease: a quantitative review of the evidence.

2001 • 91 citations

Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Primary Cardiac Arrest among Persons With and Without Clinically Recognized Heart Disease

2003 • 91 citations

Heart Disease From Passive Smoking in the Workplace

1998 • 87 citations

FROM COAL MINE DUST TO QUARTZ: Mechanisms of Pulmonary Pathogenicity

2000 • 86 citations

State-Specific Trends in Smoke-Free Workplace Policy Coverage: The Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement, 1993 to 1999

2001 • 83 citations

Personal Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide in the Los Angeles Basin

1994 • 83 citations

Relationship Between Plasma Viscosity and the Severity of Coronary Heart Disease

1998 • 82 citations

A Population-Based Case-Referent Study of Myocardial Infarction and Occupational Exposure to Motor Exhaust, Other Combustion Products, Organic Solvents, Lead, and Dynamite

2001 • 75 citations

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Children Riding in the Back of Pickup Trucks

1992 • 72 citations

Influence of Plasma Fibrinogen Levels on the Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Death Is Modified by Other Inflammation-Sensitive Proteins

2001 • 71 citations

Why is environmental tobacco smoke more strongly associated with coronary heart disease than expected? A review of potential biases and experimental data.

1999 • 66 citations

Why cardiologists should be interested in air pollution

2003 • 64 citations

Ozone Exposure Increases Aldehydes in Epithelial Lining Fluid in Human Lung

1999 • 62 citations

The impact of heavy passive smoking on arterial endothelial function in modernized Chinese

2000 • 61 citations

Residual Oil Fly Ash Induces Cytotoxicity and Mucin Secretion by Guinea Pig Tracheal Epithelial Cells via an Oxidant-Mediated Mechanism

2000 • 60 citations

Nitric Oxide Yields of Contemporary UK, US and French Cigarettes

1987 • 59 citations

Nitrogen dioxide pneumonitis in ice hockey players

1996 • 59 citations

Vanilloid (Capsaicin) Receptors Influence Inflammatory Sensitivity in Response to Particulate Matter

2000 • 49 citations

Etiologic Factors in Congenital Heart Diseases

1971 • 49 citations

The epidemiology of congenital heart disease

1965 • 44 citations

Workplace exposure to passive smoking and risk of cardiovascular disease: summary of epidemiologic studies.

1999 • 39 citations

Reactions of macrophages exposed to particles <10μm

2003 • 37 citations

Mechanism of pathophysiological effects of diesel exhaust particles on endothelial cells

1998 • 36 citations

Composition of Inhaled Urban Air Particles Determines Acute Pulmonary Responses

2002 • 33 citations

Cardiac and Thermoregulatory Toxicity of Residual Oil Fly Ash in Cardiopulmonary-Compromised Rats

2000 • 32 citations

Epidemiology of Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Human Health: Biologic Mechanisms and Who's at Risk?

2000 • 32 citations

Indoor Residential NO₂Concentrations in Albuquerque, New Mexico

1988 • 30 citations

Environmental pollution and the occurrence of congenital defects in a 15-year period in a south Moravian district.

1998 • 26 citations

Environmental tobacco smoke and measures of subclinical vascular disease.

1999 • 24 citations

Activation of the Autonomic Nervous System and Blood Coagulation in Association with an Air Pollution Episode

2000 • 23 citations

Irritative complaints, carboxyhemoglobin increase and minor ventilatory function changes due to exposure to chain-saw exhaust.

1985 • 22 citations

Pulmonary toxicity in hamsters of smoke particles from Kuwaiti oil fires.

1998 • 21 citations

Measurements of Concentrations of Air Pollutants

1999 • 19 citations

Tropospheric Ozone: The Dynamics of Human Exposure

1989 • 15 citations

Cardiovascular diseases: guidelines for prevention and care

1973 • 10 citations

Infant morbidity and mortality in a region of ecological disaster.

1993 • 6 citations

Invited Commentary: Participate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality

1992 • 5 citations

[The results of an epidemiological study of congenital developmental defects in children in cities with different levels of atmospheric pollution].

1993 • 5 citations

Primary prevention of congenital heart disease.

1970 • 3 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations