Addressing the Complex and Pressing Societal Issue of Air Pollution and Health
Air pollution is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed at all levels, more urgently than ever. Air pollution has been a recognized and serious health problem far longer than the beginning of industrialization. There are accounts from the Roman philosopher Seneca, who in a letter described some...
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2019-12-01
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| description | Air pollution is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed at all levels, more urgently than ever. Air pollution has been a recognized and serious health problem far longer than the beginning of industrialization. There are accounts from the Roman philosopher Seneca, who in a letter described some 2000 years ago how much better he felt after leaving “a ruinous mess of steam and soot”. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a2657112dfc4e0a9cdc5acc2268d3202022-12-21T22:58:35ZengUbiquity PressAnnals of Global Health2214-99962019-12-0185110.5334/aogh.26722412Addressing the Complex and Pressing Societal Issue of Air Pollution and HealthJörg Hacker0German National Academy of Sciences LeopoldinaAir pollution is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed at all levels, more urgently than ever. Air pollution has been a recognized and serious health problem far longer than the beginning of industrialization. There are accounts from the Roman philosopher Seneca, who in a letter described some 2000 years ago how much better he felt after leaving “a ruinous mess of steam and soot”.https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2672 |
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| title | Addressing the Complex and Pressing Societal Issue of Air Pollution and Health |
| title_full | Addressing the Complex and Pressing Societal Issue of Air Pollution and Health |
| title_fullStr | Addressing the Complex and Pressing Societal Issue of Air Pollution and Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing the Complex and Pressing Societal Issue of Air Pollution and Health |
| title_short | Addressing the Complex and Pressing Societal Issue of Air Pollution and Health |
| title_sort | addressing the complex and pressing societal issue of air pollution and health |
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