Air pollution is intimately linked to global climate change: change in Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2019
The ‘Lancet Commission on pollution and health’ recommends airquality action plans for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. The commission estimated that about 9million excess deaths worldwide are attributable to degraded envir-onmental conditions, of which about half to ambient (outdoor) airpollution, being the main environmental health risk. Environmentalfactors, in particular air pollution, pose additional risks with healthimplications that have been underestimated in the global burden ofdisease. Chronic exposure to enhanced levels of fine particulatematter (PM) with a diameter below 2.5mm(PM2.5) impairs vascularfunction, which can lead to myocardial infarction, arterial hyperten-sion, stroke, and heart failure. Predominant sources of PM2.5 are fossilfuel and biomass combustion, industry, and agriculture.
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| Format: | reseña biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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European Society of Cardiology
2020-07-14
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| Subjects: | Air pollution, Global climate change, Change, Cardiovascular disease, Statistics, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/224292 |
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