Air Pollution and Disease |
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Abstract: | Although air pollution does not produce a specific illness from which people die, it aggravates many preexisting cardiac and respiratory conditions, particularly (among the latter) asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. It may also add to the hazards of anesthesia. Guidelines are offered for evaluating the contribution air pollutants may make to a patient's illness, especially when he is already at risk. |
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