Table 1.
Effects of common air pollutants on lung function and respiratory diseases.
| Outdoor pollutants | Lung health outcomes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung function decrements | Lung function growth | Asthma and COPD exacerbation | Acute respiratory symptoms | Lung cancer | |
| PM10 | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation |
| PM2.5 | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation |
| UFP | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation |
| Ozone | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | ||
| SO2 | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | |||
| PAHs | Positive Correlation | ||||
| Benzene* | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | |||
| 1,3-Butadiene* | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | |
| Aldehydes | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | |
| Inorganic arsenic | Positive Correlation | ||||
| Chromium | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | ||
| Nickel | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | |||
| Cadmium | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | ||
| Phthalates | Positive Correlation | Positive Correlation | |||
Volatile organic compound (VOC)
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PAH, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; PM, particulate matter; UFP, ultrafine particle.
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