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Ambient Air Pollution and Biomarkers of Health Effect

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Abstract

Recently, the air pollution situation of our country is very serious along with the development of urbanization and industrialization. Studies indicate that the exposure of air pollution can cause a rise of incidence and mortality of many diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, myocardial infarction, and so on. However, there is now growing evidence showing that significant air pollution exposures are associated with early biomarkers in various systems of the body. In order to better prevent and control the damage effect of air pollution, this article summarizes comprehensively epidemiological studies about the bad effects on the biomarkers of respiratory system, cardiovascular system, and genetic and epigenetic system exposure to ambient air pollution.

Keywords

Air pollution Inflammation Oxidative stress Genetic Epigenetic 
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Acknowledgments

This chapter was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81571130090, 91543112) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0206506, 2017YFC0702701).

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  1. 1.Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public HealthPeking UniversityBeijingChina

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