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Ambient Air Quality and Cardiovascular Health

Author(s) -

Wayne E. Cascio,

Thomas C. Long

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.79.5.306

Subject(s) - air quality index , quality (philosophy) , medicine , environmental health , geography , meteorology , philosophy , epistemology

Air pollution is intuitively associated with respiratory effects, but evidence has emerged over the past few decades that the cardiovascular effects of air pollution can be much more adverse and represent a greater public health burden. In this article, we present background on the sources, exposures, and health effects of air pollution and discuss the potential for intervention strategies in the health care system to help reduce individual and population exposure and the attendant risk from the cardiovascular effects of air pollution.

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