Research and analysis

Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: mechanistic evidence

Report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants describing how long-term exposure to ambient air pollution can lead to cardiovascular disease.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 22 October 2018

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Effects of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution on cardiovascular morbidity: mechanistic evidence

Ref: PHE publication gateway reference: 2018537

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This report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) explores how air pollution affects the heart and blood vessels.

The Committee previously published evidence of this in the 2006 report ‘Cardiovascular disease and air pollution’.

Published 22 October 2018