Harm to human health from air pollution in Europe: burden of disease 2023

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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
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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).

Source Link Link to Main Source https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/harm-to-human-health-from-air-pollution
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  • https://www.doi.org/10.2800/721439
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