Clean Air for Healthy Lungs - An Urgent Call to Action: European Respiratory Society Position on the Launch of the WHO 2021 Air Quality Guidelines

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen; Ulrike  Gehring; Sara De  Matteis; Erik  Melen; Ana Maria  Vicedo-Cabrera; Klea  Katsouyanni; Arzu  Yorgancioglu; Charlotte  Suppli Ulrik; Kjeld S. Hansen; Sylvia  Medina; Pippa Powell; Brian  Ward; Barbara  Hoffmann

doi:10.1183/13993003.02447-2021

Clean Air for Healthy Lungs - An Urgent Call to Action: European Respiratory Society Position on the Launch of the WHO 2021 Air Quality Guidelines

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen^*, Ulrike Gehring, Sara De Matteis, Erik Melen, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Klea Katsouyanni, Arzu Yorgancioglu, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Kjeld S. Hansen, Sylvia Medina, Pippa Powell, Brian Ward, Barbara Hoffmann

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Abstract

This statement outlines how air pollution affects patients with lung disease, highlights the main messages of the newly released 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines, points out how the ambitious European Union Green Deal can provide solutions through a modern air quality legislation, and discusses the role of respiratory clinicians in improving air quality-related lung health.

Original language	English
Article number	2102447
Journal	The European Respiratory Journal
Volume	58
Issue number	6
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0903-1936
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02447-2021
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Published online: 24 September 2021.

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Andersen, Z. J., Gehring, U., Matteis, S. D., Melen, E., Vicedo-Cabrera, A. M., Katsouyanni, K., Yorgancioglu, A., Suppli Ulrik, C., Hansen, K. S., Medina, S., Powell, P., Ward, B., & Hoffmann, B. (2021). Clean Air for Healthy Lungs - An Urgent Call to Action: European Respiratory Society Position on the Launch of the WHO 2021 Air Quality Guidelines . The European Respiratory Journal, 58(6), Article 2102447. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02447-2021

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