"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.888.284.101
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| Concept/Terms |
Air Pollutants, Environmental- Air Pollutants, Environmental
- Environmental Pollutants, Air
- Air Environmental Pollutants
- Pollutants, Air Environmental
- Environmental Air Pollutants
- Pollutants, Environmental Air
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Air Pollutants" by people in this website by year, and whether "Air Pollutants" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Air Pollutants" by people in Profiles.
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Ambient Fine Particulate Matter, Residential Greenness, and Childhood Cancer Risk by Trimester of Exposure in Minnesota 2000 to 2014: A Case-Control Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Oct 03; 34(10):1730-1739.
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Metabolomic evaluation of air pollution-related bone damage and potential mediation in Women's Health Initiative participants. J Bone Miner Res. 2025 Jun 25; 40(7):834-846.
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Plant-based diet indices and their interaction with ambient air pollution on the ovarian cancer survival: A prospective cohort study. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2024 Oct 01; 284:116894.
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Association between Residential Distance to Airport and Blood Lead Levels in Children under 6 Living in North Carolina, 1992-2015. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Aug; 132(8):87701.
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Associations of Ambient Particulate Matter with Maternal Thyroid Autoimmunity and Thyroid Function in Early Pregnancy. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 May 28; 58(21):9082-9090.
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Relation of prenatal and postnatal PM2.5 exposure with cognitive and motor function among preschool-aged children. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024 Mar; 256:114317.
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Gestational ozone inhalation elicits maternal cardiac dysfunction and transcriptional changes to placental pericytes and endothelial cells. Toxicol Sci. 2023 11 28; 196(2):238-249.
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Weekly prenatal PM2.5 and NO2 exposures in preterm, early term, and full term infants: Decrements in birth weight and critical windows of susceptibility. Environ Res. 2024 Jan 01; 240(Pt 1):117509.
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Particulate matter exposure during pregnancy increases risk of childhood asthma: modified by gender and NRF2 genotype. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 2023 Sep; 41(3):220-226.
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Ambient cold exposure amplifies the effect of ambient PM1 on blood pressure and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among Chinese pregnant women: A nationwide cohort study. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Nov 01; 897:165234.