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. 2019 Jan 28:364:l265.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l265.

Environmental risks and non-communicable diseases

Annette Prüss-Ustün  1 , Emilie van Deventer  2 , Pierpaolo Mudu  2   3 , Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum  2 , Carolyn Vickers  2 , Ivan Ivanov  2 , Francesco Forastiere  2 , Sophie Gumy  2 , Carlos Dora  4 , Heather Adair-Rohani  2 , Maria Neira  2
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Environmental risks and non-communicable diseases

Annette Prüss-Ustün et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Annette Prüss-Ustün and colleagues consider the role of air pollution and other environmental risks in non-communicable diseases and actions to reduce them

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Conflict of interest statement

Contributors and sources: Information sources include a review of the effects on NCDs of environmental risk factors and the draft WHO strategy on health, environment, and climate change. APU conceived the outline of the paper and drafted the first version. MN is the director of the department and provided overall guidance. All authors contributed intellectual content, provided specific inputs on their area of expertise, edited the manuscript, and approved the final version for submission. Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article, and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.

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Attributable fraction of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for selected risk factors by disease group, 2016. *Ambient and household air pollution as characterised by indicator of particulate matter. For air pollution, alternative sources provide similar results: 13% and 10% instead of 14% of NCDs
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Fig 2
Cost transfer from various sector policies to the health sector and individuals
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