Clean Air, Smart Cities, Healthy Hearts: Action on Air Pollution for Cardiovascular Health

• Main Authors: Michael Brauer (Author), Narantuya Davaakhuu (Author), Maria Consuelo Escamilla Nuñez (Author), Michael Hadley (Author), Daniel Kass (Author), Mark Miller (Author), Dorairaj Prabhakaran (Author), Karen Sliwa (Author), Ta-Chen Su (Author), Ilonca C. H. Vaartjes (Author), Rajesh Vedanthan (Author), Jeremiah Mwangi (Author), Kelcey Armstrong-Walenczak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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More than twenty percent of all cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths are caused by air pollution - more than three million deaths every year - and these numbers will continue to rise unless the global community takes action. Nine out of ten people worldwide breathe polluted air, which disproportionat...