Abstract

In 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) considered air pollution as the greatest risk to human health. Since, the beginning of 20th century, urbanization has increased greatly and its role in economic sector and social development is very clear but as a consequence altering our planet in ways that pose current threats to environmental and human health. Every day, out of ten nine people breath polluted air. Every year, an estimated 7 million people prematurely died from stroke and cancer, heart and lung diseases.

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  • DEAR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing (210009), China

  • The beginning of 20th century, urbanization has increased greatly and its role in economic sector and social development is very clear but as a consequence altering our planet in ways that pose current threats to environmental and human health

  • In 2015, 4.2 million deaths were attributed to ambient air pollution (Particulate Matter PM2−5) and 103·1 million disability-adjusted life-years

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DEAR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing (210009), China Tauseef Ahmad, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing (210009), China In 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) considered air pollution as the greatest risk to human health.

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