Heart 2009;95:1721-1722
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Heat and haze: a forecast for myocardial infarction?
Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Correspondence to Professor D E Newby, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK; D.E.Newby@ed.ac.uk
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Exposure to ambient air pollution is increasingly recognised as a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Associations between exposure to combustion-derived fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular mortality are consistently demonstrated in a number of large-scale epidemiological studies.1 These reported associations have even withstood legal challenge in the USA, where industry representatives attempted to sue the US Environment Protection Agency after this evidence was used to impose strict air quality standards. An independent review of the evidence by the Health Effects Institute reaffirmed these associations and the case was lost.2 3
The World Health Organization estimates that indoor air pollution from the combustion of solid fuel may be responsible for up to 2.4 million deaths worldwide each year, representing the fourth leading cause of mortality in developing countries. In addition, urban air pollution may be responsible for a further 800 000 premature deaths each year.4 Taken together, air pollution exposure
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