Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157 436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157 436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Summary: Background: Most studies of long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2·5) and cardiovascular disease are from high-income countries with relatively low PM2·5 concentrations. It is unclear whether risks are similar in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and how ou...

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Main Authors: Perry Hystad, PhD, Andrew Larkin, PhD, Sumathy Rangarajan, MSc, Khalid F AlHabib, MBBS, Álvaro Avezum, ProfPhD, Kevser Burcu Tumerdem Calik, MD, Jephat Chifamba, DPhil, Antonio Dans, ProfMD, Rafael Diaz, MD, Johan L du Plessis, PhD, Rajeev Gupta, ProfPhD, Romaina Iqbal, PhD, Rasha Khatib, PhD, Roya Kelishadi, MD, Fernando Lanas, ProfMD, Zhiguang Liu, MPH, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, ProfPhD, Sanjeev Nair, MD, Paul Poirier, ProfPhD, Omar Rahman, ProfDSc, Annika Rosengren, ProfMD, Hany Swidan, FRCGP, Lap Ah Tse, PhD, Li Wei, ProfPhD, Andreas Wielgosz, ProfPhD, Karen Yeates, MD, Khalid Yusoff, MBBS, Tomasz Zatoński, PhD, Rick Burnett, PhD, Salim Yusuf, ProfPhD, Michael Brauer, ProfScD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519620301030

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