Boogaard, Hannaa; Andersen, Zorana Jovanovicb; Brunekreef, Bertc; Forastiere, Francescod; Forsberg, Bertile; Hoek, Gerardc; Krzyzanowski, Michald; Malmqvist, Ebbaf; Nieuwenhuijsen, Markg; Hoffmann, Barbarah;
Ambient air pollution is a major global public health risk factor. There is now broad consensus that exposure to air pollution causes an array of adverse health effects based on evidence from a large scientific literature that has grown exponentially since the mid-1990s. Air pollution damages most organ systems and is linked to many debilitating diseases, such as asthma, cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, stroke, diabetes, lung cancer, and dementia.