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Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157 436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2020
Summary: Background: Most studies of long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2·5) and cardiovascular disease are from high-income countries with relatively low PM2·5 concentrations.
Perry Hystad, PhD, Andrew Larkin, PhD, Sumathy Rangarajan, MSc, Khalid F AlHabib, MBBS, Álvaro Avezum, ProfPhD, Kevser Burcu Tumerdem Calik, MD, Jephat Chifamba, DPhil, Antonio Dans, ProfMD, Rafael Diaz, MD, Johan L du Plessis, PhD, Rajeev Gupta, ProfPhD, Romaina Iqbal, PhD, Rasha Khatib, PhD, Roya Kelishadi, MD, Fernando Lanas, ProfMD, Zhiguang Liu, MPH, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, ProfPhD, Sanjeev Nair, MD, Paul Poirier, ProfPhD, Omar Rahman, ProfDSc, Annika Rosengren, ProfMD, Hany Swidan, FRCGP, Lap Ah Tse, PhD, Li Wei, ProfPhD, Andreas Wielgosz, ProfPhD, Karen Yeates, MD, Khalid Yusoff, MBBS, Tomasz Zatoński, PhD, Rick Burnett, PhD, Salim Yusuf, ProfPhD, Michael Brauer, ProfScD   +30 more
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Identification of the Powdery Mildew Resistance in Chinese Wheat Cultivar Heng 4568 and its Evaluation in Marker-Assisted Selection

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Powdery mildew induced by Blumeria graminis f. sp. Tritici (Bgt) has a devastating impact on global wheat yield and quality. Host resistance is the most effective and economical means to control this disease.
Huiming Gao, Xiaozhe Xu, Xiaozhe Xu, Pengfei Ai, Fuyi Luo, Peng Guo, Pengtao Ma   +6 more
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Effects of ambient PM1 air pollution on daily emergency hospital visits in China: an epidemiological study

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2017
Background: China is experiencing severe ambient air pollution. However, few studies anywhere have examined the health effects of PM1 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter
Gongbo Chen, MPH, Shanshan Li, PhD, Yongming Zhang, MD, Wenyi Zhang, PhD, Daowei Li, MD, Xuemei Wei, MD, Yong He, MD, Michelle L Bell, PhD, Gail Williams, PhD, Guy B Marks, PhD, Bin Jalaludin, PhD, Michael J Abramson, PhD, Dr Yuming Guo, PhD   +12 more
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Enhancing the therapeutic effects of in vitro targeted radionuclide therapy of 3D multicellular tumor spheroids using the novel stapled MDM2/X-p53 antagonist PM2

EJNMMI Research, 2020
Background Precision therapeutics continuously make advances in cancer therapy, and a field of growing interest is the combination of targeted radionuclide therapy (TRNT) with potential radiosensitizing agents. This study evaluated whether the effects of
Anja C. L. Mortensen, Eric Morin, Christopher J. Brown, David P. Lane, Marika Nestor   +4 more
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The 2016 global and national burden of diabetes mellitus attributable to PM2·5 air pollution

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2018
Summary: Background: PM2·5 air pollution is associated with increased risk of diabetes; however, a knowledge gap exists to further define and quantify the burden of diabetes attributable to PM2·5 air pollution.
Benjamin Bowe, MPH, Yan Xie, MPH, Tingting Li, MD, Yan Yan, ProfMD, Hong Xian, ProfPhD, Ziyad Al-Aly, MD   +5 more
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Association between ambient PM2·5 and under-5, infant, and child mortality in Latin America, 2010–15: a longitudinal analysis

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021
Background: Highly urbanised and rapidly urbanising countries are facing critical air pollution problems. In Latin American cities, the effect of ambient PM2·5 on child health has not been extensively explored.
Ana Ortigoza, PhD, Nelson Gouveia, ProfMD, Josiah Kephart, PhD, Francisco Prado-Galbarro, PhD, Amelia A Friche, PhD, Brisa N Sanchez, ProfPhD, Ana V Diez-Roux, ProfMD   +6 more
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Estimation of pregnancy losses attributable to exposure to ambient fine particles in south Asia: an epidemiological case-control study

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021
Summary: Background: Maternal exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM2·5) is associated with pregnancy loss (ie, stillbirth and miscarriage). South Asia has the highest burden of pregnancy loss globally and is one of the most PM2·5 polluted regions ...
Tao Xue, PhD, Tianjia Guan, PhD, Guannan Geng, PhD, Qiang Zhang, ProfPhD, Yong Zhao, Tong Zhu, ProfPhD   +5 more
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Effect of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter on lung function decline and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Taiwan: a longitudinal, cohort study

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2018
Background: Information on the effects of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2·5 μm or less (PM2·5) on lung health is scarce.
Cui Guo, MSc, Zilong Zhang, MSc, Alexis K H Lau, PhD, Chang Qing Lin, PhD, Yuan Chieh Chuang, MSc, Jimmy Chan, PhD, Wun Kai Jiang, MSc, Tony Tam, PhD, Eng-Kiong Yeoh, MBBS, Ta-Chien Chan, PhD, Ly-Yun Chang, PhD, Prof Xiang Qian Lao, PhD   +11 more
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Projections of mortality risk attributable to short-term exposure to landscape fire smoke in China, 2021–2100: a health impact assessment study

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023
Summary: Background: Landscape fire smoke, including smoke from all vegetation burning in natural and cultural landscapes, remains a threat to the health of the population.
Shuhan Lou, BS, Yufu Liu, BS, Yuqi Bai, ProfPhD, Fang Li, ProfPhD, Guangxing Lin, ProfPhD, Lulu Xu, PhD, Zhao Liu, PhD, Yidan Chen, BS, Xiao Dong, PhD, Mengzhen Zhao, PhD, Lingyu Wang, PhD, Meng Jin, PhD, Can Wang, PhD, Wenjia Cai, ProfPhD, Peng Gong, ProfPhD, Yong Luo, ProfPhD   +15 more
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Short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide case-crossover study in Japan

The Lancet Planetary Health, 2020
Summary: Background: PM2·5 is an important but modifiable environmental risk factor, not only for pulmonary diseases and cancers, but for cardiovascular health.
Bing Zhao, MD, Fay H Johnston, MBBS, Farhad Salimi, PhD, Masahiko Kurabayashi, ProfMD, Kazuaki Negishi, ProfMD   +4 more
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