Dietary and pharmacological intervention to mitigate the cardiopulmonary effects of air pollution toxicity

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 1860; no. 12; pp. 2891 - 2898
• Main Author: Tong, Haiyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2016
• Subjects: adverse effects; air; Air pollution; Air Pollution - analysis; Air Pollution - prevention & control; air quality; anti-inflammatory activity; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; Antioxidants - administration & dosage; ascorbic acid; Cardiopulmonary toxicity; cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - metabolism; Cardiovascular Diseases - pathology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Dietary supplementations; Dietary Supplements; drug therapy; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - administration & dosage; fish oils; Fish Oils - administration & dosage; health promotion; Humans; inflammation; Intervention; Lung Diseases - etiology; Lung Diseases - metabolism; Lung Diseases - pathology; Lung Diseases - prevention & control; lungs; Medications; morbidity; mortality; National Ambient Air Quality Standards; olive oil; Olive Oil - administration & dosage; oxidative stress; ozone; Ozone - toxicity; Particulate Matter - toxicity; people; polyunsaturated fatty acids; risk; toxicity; United States; United States Environmental Protection Agency; Vitamins - administration & dosage; United States; Intervention; Air pollution; Medications; Cardiopulmonary toxicity; Dietary supplementations

Exposure to air pollution contributes importantly to excess morbidity and mortality. And while regulatory actions under the “Clean Air Act” have saved millions of lives by improving air quality, there are still millions of people in the U.S. who live in areas where particulate air pollution (PM) lev...