Climate Change and Health: Air Quality

Learn more about the Advocate Health - Midwest Get Climate Smart - Actions for Health Professionals CE series.

January 23, 2023 session

American Heart Association. (2021). Air pollution CVD and stroke statistics. Leading cardiovascular organizations call for urgent action to reduce air pollution. https://newsroom.heart.org/news/leading-cardiovascular-organizations-call-for-urgent-action-to-reduce-air-pollution

American Public Health Association. (n.d.). Air quality. How climate change affects your health. https://www.apha.org/News-and-Media/Multimedia/Infographics/How-Climate-Change-Affects-Your-Health 

BBC. (2022, January 23). Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Vigil to mark birthday of girl killed by toxic air. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60084882 

Ciabattini, M., Rizzello, E., Lucaroni, F., Palombi, L. (2020). Systematic review and meta-analysis of recent high-quality studies on exposure to particulate matter and risk of lung cancer. Environmental Research, 196:110440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110440 

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Hii, M., Beyer, K., Namin, S., Malecki, K., Schultz, A., & Rublee, C. (2022). Respiratory diseases, racial disparities, and residential proximity to coal power plants in Wisconsin, USA: A cross-sectional study. The Lancet Global Health, 9, 94–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00127-3  

Lane, H. M., Morello-Frosch, R., Marshall, J. D., & Apte, J. S. (2022). Historical redlining is associated with present-day air pollution disparities in U.S. cities. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9(4), 345–350. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.1c01012

National Park Service. (2018). Infographic of pollutant emissions. Where Does Air Pollution Come From? https://www.nps.gov/subjects/air/sources.htm

Reuters. (2021). Air quality at India Gate in Delhi. Then and now: Pandemic clears the air. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57149747

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2022, November 16). Air pollution and your health. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/air-pollution/index.cfm 

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2022, October 20). Why wildfire smoke is a health concern.https://www.epa.gov/wildfire-smoke-course/why-wildfire-smoke-health-concern 

U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2022, November 16). EIA - independent statistics and analysis. Coal and the environment. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/coal/coal-and-the-environment.php 

Yazdi, M.D., Wang, Y., Di, Q., et al. (2021). Long-term association of air pollution and hospital admissions among Medicare participants using a doubly robust additive model. Circulation, 143, 1584-1596.