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Blacks Have More Exposure to Air Pollutants Raising Heart Disease Risk, Death

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Published 2018
Air Quality, Asthma, Cancer, Children, Environmental Justice, Fine Particulate Matter, Leukemia, Lung, Lymphoma, Pollution Sources, Public Health, Respiratory
Pennsylvania, Southwestern Pennsylvania

Summary

The study in “Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology,” an American Heart Association journal, reports blacks have higher exposures to air pollutants than whites.

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