Disease Burdens Associated with PM2.5 Exposure: How a New Model Provided Global Estimates
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Like traffic jams and cell phones, particulate air pollution is a reality of modern living. Whether it’s from cigarette smoking, industrial emissions, or the burning of wood and dung for fuel, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been strongly linked to cardiovascular disease, inflammation, lung cancer, and other lung diseases. As part of the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2010 collaboration, an international
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