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Editorial
. 2021 Sep 23:66:1604465.
doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604465. eCollection 2021.

WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2021-Aiming for Healthier Air for all: A Joint Statement by Medical, Public Health, Scientific Societies and Patient Representative Organisations

Barbara Hoffmann  1 , Hanna Boogaard  2 , Audrey de Nazelle  3 , Zorana J Andersen  4 , Michael Abramson  5 , Michael Brauer  6 , Bert Brunekreef  7 , Francesco Forastiere  3 , Wei Huang  8 , Haidong Kan  9 , Joel D Kaufman  10 , Klea Katsouyanni  3   11 , Michal Krzyzanowski  3 , Nino Kuenzli  12 , Francine Laden  13 , Mark Nieuwenhuijsen  14 , Adetoun Mustapha  3   15 , Pippa Powell  16 , Mary Rice  13 , Aina Roca-Barceló  3 , Charlotte J Roscoe  13 , Agnes Soares  17 , Kurt Straif  18 , George Thurston  19
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Editorial

WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2021-Aiming for Healthier Air for all: A Joint Statement by Medical, Public Health, Scientific Societies and Patient Representative Organisations

Barbara Hoffmann et al. Int J Public Health. .
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Keywords: WHO Air Quality Guidelines; air pollution; average population exposure; health effects; policy implications.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Agnes Soares da Silva is a staff member of the Pan American Health Organization. The author alone is responsible for the views expressed in this publication. The same statement was published in npj Primary Care in Respiratory Medicine.

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