What is it about?
Health risks and results of a descriptive epidemiologic study are the main content of this short article. There are described associations between air pollutant exposures and health outcomes in one of the most polluted regions in the Czech Republic.
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Why is it important?
Interesting findings pointing to significant differences in the effects of pollution on the immune system.
Perspectives
The context of pollution effects on the immune system and other factors, such as the microbiome and regulation of gene expression will play the main motto in a further research of civilization diseases.
Vitezslav Jirik
University of Ostrava
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This page is a summary of: How serious are health impacts in one of the most polluted regions of Central Europe?, Reviews on Environmental Health, March 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2016-0031.
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