Clean air for healthy lungs – an urgent call to action: European Respiratory Society position on the launch of the WHO 2021 Air Quality Guidelines
Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Ulrike Gehring, Sara De Matteis, Erik Melén, Ana M. Vicedo‐Cabrera, Klea Katsouyanni, Arzu Yorgancıoğlu, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Sylvia Médina, Kjeld Hansen, Pippa Powell, Brian Ward, Barbara Hoffmann
Abstract
<b>Air pollution poses a major burden to respiratory patients and legislation fails to protect them. Urgent action and alignment of air quality standards with WHO guidelines are needed to ensure healthier lungs and tackle the climate change crisis.</b>https://bit.ly/3B04dKB
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