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The health toll of air pollution
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.202051183
Subject(s) - toll , air pollution , death toll , political science , air quality index , covid-19 , public health , pollution , environmental health , environmental protection , geography , meteorology , medicine , disease , biology , immunology , ecology , nursing , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Air pollution may have well surpassed smoking as a cause of disease and death. Stricter limits are necessary to further reduce its ill effects on public health.