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Rev Environ Health

Title:		"Health effects of air pollutant mixtures (volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur and nitrogen oxides) - a review of the literature"
Author(s):		Fazakas E; Neamtiu IA; Gurzau ES;
Address:		"Health Department, Environmental Health Center, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Research Center for functional Genomics, Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania"
Journal Title:		Rev Environ Health
Year:		2023
Volume:		20230320
Issue:
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.1515/reveh-2022-0252
ISSN/ISBN:		2191-0308 (Electronic) 0048-7554 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The health risks associated with individual air pollutant exposures have been studied and documented, but in real-life, the population is exposed to a multitude of different substances, designated as mixtures. A body of literature on air pollutants indicated that the next step in air pollution research is investigating pollutant mixtures and their potential impacts on health, as a risk assessment of individual air pollutants may actually underestimate the overall risks. This review aims to synthesize the health effects related to air pollutant mixtures containing selected pollutants such as: volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, sulfur and nitrogen oxides. For this review, the PubMed database was used to search for articles published within the last decade, and we included studies assessing the associations between air pollutant mixtures and health effects. The literature search was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A number of 110 studies were included in the review from which data on pollutant mixtures, health effects, methods used, and primary results were extracted. Our review emphasized that there are a relatively small number of studies addressing the health effects of air pollutants as mixtures and there is a gap in knowledge regarding the health effects associated with these mixtures. Studying the health effects of air pollutant mixtures is challenging due to the complexity of components that mixtures may contain, and the possible interactions these different components may have"
Keywords:		environment health risks multi-contaminant exposure outcomes;
Notes:		"PublisherFazakas, Emese Neamtiu, Iulia A Gurzau, Eugen S eng Review Germany 2023/03/19 Rev Environ Health. 2023 Mar 20. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2022-0252"