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European regions with highest poverty levels are most vulnerable to air pollution's health effects, finds study
Socioeconomic factors are widely recognized as potential modifiers of the relationship between air pollution and mortality, but the available evidence remains limited. In this context, a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), in collaboration with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center–Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), analyzed how socioeconomic conditions and the transition to renewable energy in Europe…
The results, published in Nature Medicine, show that the regions with higher levels of poverty and lower adoption of renewable energies are those with the highest risk of mortality associated with air pollution. The study analyzed a daily mortality database with 88.8 million deaths of the EARLY-ADAPT project between 2003 and 2019 in 653 contiguous regions of 31 European countries, including a population of 521 million people. Daily levels of air…
Europe’s poorer regions face higher risk of death from air pollution
People living in Europe’s most deprived regions are significantly more likely to die from the effects of air pollution, according to a new study that highlights deep inequalities in environmental health across the continent. The research, led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and published in Nature Medicine,…
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