Synergistic health effects of air pollution, temperature, and pollen exposure: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to heat, air pollution, and pollen are associated with health outcomes, including cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Studies assessing the health impacts of climate change have considered increased exposure to these risk factors separately, though they may be increasing simultaneously for some populations and may act synergistically on health. Our objective is to systematically review epidemiological evidence for interactive effects of multiple exposures to heat, air pollution, and pollen on human health.

Methods

We systematically searched electronic literature databases (last search, April 29, 2019) for studies reporting quantitative measurements of associations between at least two of the exposures and mortality from any cause and cardiovascular an

SUBMITTER: Anenberg SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720572 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature