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.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D000393
MeSH Number(s)	D27.888.284.101
Concept/Terms	Air Pollutants Air Pollutants Pollutants, Air Air Pollutants, Environmental Air Pollutants, Environmental Environmental Pollutants, Air Air Environmental Pollutants Pollutants, Air Environmental Environmental Air Pollutants Pollutants, Environmental Air

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Air Pollutants".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Toxic Actions [D27.888]
Environmental Pollutants [D27.888.284]
Air Pollutants [D27.888.284.101]

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Bar chart showing 51 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2006	3	0	3
2007	2	1	3
2008	2	1	3
2009	2	0	2
2010	2	0	2
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	3	1	4
2016	2	1	3
2017	4	0	4
2018	2	0	2
2019	2	0	2
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	0	1
2023	2	0	2
2024	3	4	7

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Vohra V, Yesantharao LV, Stemme R, Seal SM, Morris-Wiseman LF, McAdams-DeMarco M, Mady LJ, Deziel NC, Biswal S, Ramanathan M, Mathur A. Association Between Environmental Air Pollution and Thyroid Cancer and Nodules: A Systematic Review. Thyroid. 2024 12; 34(12):1451-1464.

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Peleman J, Ruan M, Dey T, Chiang S, Dilger A, Mitchell MB, Jung YS, Ramanathan M, Mady L, Yu S, Cramer J, Lee SE. Air pollution exposure and head and neck cancer incidence. Sci Rep. 2024 11 12; 14(1):26998.

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Palmer A, Rauscher G, Abraham I, Burkart M, Dave A, Raptis N, Aleem A, Gannamani V, Erra A, Monick S, Galvez C, Shah S, Rahmani Youshanlouei H, Larson ML, Zia M, Tsai SB, Altman JK, Stock W, Khan I, Patel AA. Air pollutant impact on disease characteristics and outcomes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv. 2024 09 10; 8(17):4647-4650.

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Brooks AW, Sandri BJ, Nixon JP, Nurkiewicz TR, Barach P, Trembley JH, Butterick TA. Neuroinflammation and Brain Health Risks in Veterans Exposed to Burn Pit Toxins. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Sep 10; 25(18).

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Fitzpatrick AM, Mohammad AF, Desher K, Mutic AD, Stephenson ST, Dallalio GA, Grunwell JR. Clinical and inflammatory features of traffic-related diesel exposure in children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 10; 133(4):393-402.e4.

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Wenner MM, Ries-Roncalli A, Whalen MCR, Jing P. The Relationship between Indoor and Outdoor Fine Particulate Matter in a High-Rise Building in Chicago Monitored by PurpleAir Sensors. Sensors (Basel). 2024 Apr 12; 24(8).

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Wen T, Puett RC, Liao D, Kanter J, Mittleman MA, Lanzkron SM, Yanosky JD. Short-term air pollution levels and sickle cell disease hospital encounters in South Carolina: A case-crossover analysis. Environ Res. 2024 07 01; 252(Pt 1):118766.

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Panda SR, Chaudhari VB, Ahmed S, Kwatra M, Jala A, Ponneganti S, Pawar SD, Borkar RM, Sharma P, Naidu VGM. Ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure contributes to neurodegeneration through the microbiome-gut-brain axis: Therapeutic role of melatonin. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2023 Aug; 101:104183.

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Hill DT, Jandev V, Petroni M, Atallah-Yunes N, Bendinskas K, Brann LS, Heffernan K, Larsen DA, MacKenzie JA, Palmer CD, Parsons PJ, Gump BB, Collins MB. Airborne levels of cadmium are correlated with urinary cadmium concentrations among young children living in the New York state city of Syracuse, USA. Environ Res. 2023 04 15; 223:115450.

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Ouidir M, Tekola-Ayele F, Canty T, Grantz KL, Sciscione A, Tong D, Jones RR, Sundaram R, Williams A, Stevens D, Mendola P. Acute ambient air pollution exposure and placental Doppler results in the NICHD fetal growth studies - Singleton cohort. Environ Res. 2021 11; 202:111728.

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