title: Why cardiologists should be interested in air pollution.
abstract: Despite major improvements in air quality resulting from increasingly stringent legislation, there remains a strong association between daily mortality and current levels of air pollution. Growing epidemiological evidence suggests that many, perhaps the majority, of these deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease.
authors: Division of Medical Sciences (Cardiology), University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors: H C
authors: HC
authors: Routledge
authors: J G
authors: JG
authors: Ayres
authors: J N
authors: JN
authors: Townend
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology