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Assessment of the global burden of disease is based on epidemiological cohort studies that
connect premature mortality to a wide range of causes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, including the long-term …

Published by AAAS in the early 1990s that tracked more than half a million individuals in
cleaner and dirtier cities for many years suggested that PM was shortening the lives of …

Four years ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ignited a fire storm when it
declared that tens of thousands of people were dying each year from breathing tiny particles …

Particulate matter is a component of ambient air pollution that has been linked to millions of
annual premature deaths globally,–. Assessments of the chronic and acute effects of …

Outdoor air pollution adversely affects human health and is estimated to be responsible for
five to ten per cent of the total annual premature mortality in the contiguous United States …

Air pollution contributes to the global burden of disease, with ambient exposure to fine
particulate matter of diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2. 5) being identified as the fifth …

Introduction Worldwide, air pollution has become a main environmental cause of premature
mortality. This burden is largely due to fine particles. Recent cohort studies have confirmed …

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Each year, more than 4 million people die early because of outdoor air pollution, according
to the World Health Organization (WHO). The main culprits are fine particles with diameters …