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International Journal of Public Health
Published in: International Journal of Public Health 7/2015

01-11-2015 | Editorial

Global health and environmental pollution

Authors: Philip J. Landrigan, Richard Fuller

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 7/2015

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Environmental pollution—contamination of air, water and soil by human activity—is the largest cause of disease and death in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 8.9 million persons die each year of diseases caused by pollution, 8.4 million (94 %) of them in poor countries (WHO 2014a, b). By comparison, HIV/AIDS causes 1.5 million deaths per year (WHO 2014c), and malaria and tuberculosis cause fewer than 1 million deaths each (WHO 2014d). …
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Metadata
Title
Global health and environmental pollution
Authors
Philip J. Landrigan
Richard Fuller
Publication date
01-11-2015
Publisher
Springer Basel
Published in
International Journal of Public Health / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0706-7

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