"Air Pollution" 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.
The presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air (AIR POLLUTANTS) that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects. The substances may include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; or volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000397
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.460.100
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Air Pollution".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Air Pollution".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Air Pollution" by people in this website by year, and whether "Air Pollution" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 2009 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2010 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2011 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| 2013 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| 2015 | 29 | 5 | 34 |
| 2016 | 31 | 9 | 40 |
| 2017 | 32 | 11 | 43 |
| 2018 | 34 | 7 | 41 |
| 2019 | 44 | 8 | 52 |
| 2020 | 70 | 9 | 79 |
| 2021 | 83 | 5 | 88 |
| 2022 | 88 | 2 | 90 |
| 2023 | 85 | 4 | 89 |
| 2024 | 54 | 28 | 82 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Air Pollution" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of a 10-year shift in ambient air quality on mortality in Canada: a causal analysis of multiple pollutants. Lancet Planet Health. 2025 Feb; 9(2):e92-e102.
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Association of environmental, demographic and clinical parameters with physical activity in children with asthma. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 22; 15(1):2886.
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Ambient exposure to fine particulate matter with oxidative potential affects oxidative stress biomarkers in pregnancy. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jan 08; 194(1):27-34.
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Gene-Air Pollution Interaction and Diversity of Genetic Sampling: The Southern California Children's Health Study. Genet Epidemiol. 2025 Jan; 49(1):e70000.
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IMPACT OF REAL-LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPROSURES ON REPRODUCTION: Adverse impacts of particulate matter air pollution on female and male reproduction. Reproduction. 2025 Jan 01; 169(1).
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Evaluating Chemical Transport and Machine Learning Models for Wildfire Smoke PM2.5: Implications for Assessment of Health Impacts. Environ Sci Technol. 2024 Dec 31; 58(52):22880-22893.
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Associations of preconception air pollution exposure with growth trajectory in young children: A prospective cohort study. Environ Res. 2025 Feb 15; 267:120665.
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Parking and Public Health. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2024 Dec 11; 12(1):2.
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Association of Tailpipe-Related and Nontailpipe-Related Air Pollution Exposure with Cognitive Decline in the Chicago Health and Aging Project. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Dec; 132(12):127002.
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Impact of air pollution exposure on cytokines and histone modification profiles at single-cell levels during pregnancy. Sci Adv. 2024 Nov 29; 10(48):eadp5227.