title: [Prevention and control of air pollution needs to strengthen further study on health damage caused by air pollution].
abstract: Heath issues caused by air pollution such as particulate matter (PM) are much concerned and focused among air, water and soil pollutions because human breathe air for whole life span. Present comments will review physical and chemical characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10; Dose-response associations of PM10, PM2.5 and their components with mortality and risk of cardiopulmonary diseases, early health damages such as the decrease of lung functions and heart rate variability, DNA damage; And the roles of genetic variations and epigenetic changes in lung functions and heart rate variability, DNA damage related to PMs and their components. This comments list some limitations and perspectives about the associations of air pollution with health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011634:Public Health; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter