Taking a stand against air pollution - the impact on cardiovascular disease.
Eur Heart J
; 42(15): 1460-1463, 2021 Apr 14.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33507239
Although the attention of the world and the global health community specifically is deservedly focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, other determinants of health continue to have large impacts and may also interact with COVID-19. Air pollution is one crucial example. Established evidence from other respiratory viruses and emerging evidence for COVID-19 specifically indicates that air pollution alters respiratory defense mechanisms leading to worsened infection severity. Air pollution also contributes to co-morbidities that are known to worsen outcomes amongst those infected with COVID-19, and air pollution may also enhance infection transmission due to its impact on more frequent coughing. Yet despite the massive disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are reasons for optimism: broad societal lockdowns have shown us a glimpse of what a future with strong air pollution measures could yield. Thus, the urgency to combat air pollution is not diminished, but instead heightened in the context of the pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Poluentes Atmosféricos
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Poluição do Ar
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article