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Also known as atmospheric pollution

presence of dangerous substances in the atmosphere

AI overview

Air pollution is the presence of harmful substances in the air we breathe, such as chemicals and particles that shouldn't be there. It matters because these dangerous substances can affect human health, damage the environment, and impact the quality of life for people and ecosystems.

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Vinony's link graph records 3,256 inbound references to air pollution, and connects out to energy poverty and cooking, Q460173 and particulates.

It sits within the topics Air pollution, Climate forcing and Commons link from Wikidata.

Vinony links it to 95 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

118,830 papers

Exposure to air pollution and risk of ovarian cancer: a review.Reviews on environmental health · 2023Dehghani S, Moshfeghinia R, Ramezani M et al.DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2021-0129
Air Pollution, Disease Burden, and Health Economic Loss in China.ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology · 2017Niu Y, Chen R, Kan HDOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5657-4_10
AIR POLLUTION.ReviewAnalytical chemistry · 1965ALTSHULLER APDOI: 10.1021/ac60224a001
The Adverse Effects of Air Pollution on the Eye: A Review.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Lin CC, Chiu CC, Lee PY et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031186
Exposure to air pollution as a risk factor for anaemia: a global scoping review.International journal of environmental health research · 2024Khan Y, Banerjee RDOI: 10.1080/09603123.2024.2327532
Air pollution--crossing borders.Lancet (London, England) · 2016DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31019-4
Air pollution in India and related adverse respiratory health effects: past, present, and future directions.ReviewCurrent opinion in pulmonary medicine · 2018Khilnani GC, Tiwari PDOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000463
Air Pollution and Workplace Choice: Evidence from China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Lin T, Qian W, Wang H et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19148732

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Image: Pollution Noun Project 6891198.svg
Number of deaths: 1001000

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Commons gallery: Air pollution
Mastodon instance URL: airpollution.science
Commons category: Air pollution
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02500037

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