Author (Corporate) | European Environment Agency (EEA) |
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Publisher | Publications Office of the European Union |
Series Title | EEA Briefings |
Series Details | 23/2023, Number 23 |
Publication Date | November 2023 |
ISBN | 978-92-9480-614-7 |
ISSN | 2467-3196 |
EC | TH-AM-23-026-EN-Q |
Content Type | Report |
Summary:Air pollution is currently the most important environmental health risk factor in Europe. It remains an important cause of poor health and contributes in particular to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. This briefing presents information for 2021 of the estimated harm to human health caused by three key air pollutants: fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. This year’s assessment also presents an estimation of the health impacts associated with specific diseases to which air pollution contributes. Such impacts are expressed using burden of disease metrics, namely ‘morbidity’ (the state of having a disease or disability) and ‘mortality’ (deaths that have occurred due to a specific disease or a group of diseases). |
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https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/harm-to-human-health-from-air-pollution
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Subject Categories | Environment, Health |
Subject Tags | Atmospheric | Air Pollution |
International Organisations | European Union [EU] |