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- Authors
- Landrigan, P. J., Fuller, R., Acosta, N. J. R., Adeyi, O., Arnold, R., Basu, N. (., Baldé, A. B., Bertollini, R., Bose-O'Reilly, S., Boufford, J. I., Breysse, P. N., Chiles, T., Mahidol, C., Coll-Seck, A. M., Cropper, M. L., Fobil, J., Fuster, V., Greenstone, M., Haines, A., Hanrahan, D., Hunter, D., Khare, M., Krupnick, A., Lanphear, B., Lohani, B., Martin, K., Mathiasen, K. V., McTeer, M. A., Murray, C. J. L., Ndahimananjara, J. D., Perera, F., Potočnik, J., Preker, A. S., Ramesh, J., Rockström, J., Salinas, C., Samson, L. D., Sandilya, K., Sly, P. D., Smith, K. R., Steiner, A., Stewart, R. B., Suk, W. A., van Schayck, O. C. P., Yadama, G. N., Yumkella, K., & Zhong, M.
- Affiliations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Pure Earth (US)
- World Bank (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- McGill University (CA)
- Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable (SN)
- European Commission (BE)
- New York Academy of Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Boston College (US)
- Chulabhorn Research Institute (TH)
- Resources For The Future (US)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of Chicago (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IN)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Consortium of Universities for Global Health (US)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Columbia University (US)
- Government of India (IN)
- Stockholm Resilience Centre (SE)
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research At MIT (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- New York University (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Landrigan, Philip J
- ORCID
- Landrigan, Philip J
- Fuller, Richard
- Adeyi, Olusoji
- Arnold, Robert
- Basu, Niladri (Nil)
- Bertollini, Roberto
- Boufford, Jo Ivey
- Mahidol, Chulabhorn
- Cropper, Maureen L
- Fobil, Julius
- Greenstone, Michael
- Haines, Andy
- Hanrahan, David
- Khare, Mukesh
- Lanphear, Bruce
- Martin, Keith
- Murray, Christopher J L
- Perera, Frederica
- Rockström, Johan
- Samson, Leona D
- Sly, Peter D
- Smith, Kirk R
- Stewart, Richard B
- Suk, William A
- Yadama, Gautam N
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 391
- Issue
- 10119
- Pages
- 462-512
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2765726697
- Semantic Scholar
- c44070bbaea0aa57efdd7548ff38d1b572f52ab7
- Cited by
- 4,929
- References
- 334
- Citations by year
- 2026: 426 · 2025: 476 · 2024: 565 · 2023: 759 · 2022: 582 · 2021: 695 · 2020: 576 · 2019: 523 · 2018: 294
- FWCI
- 40.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- erratum (2018-02-03)
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- US Agency for International Development
- National Science Foundation
- International Growth Centre
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Public Health and Environmental Issues
- Social Sciences › Health › Occupational Health and Global Justice
- Keywords
- pollution, environmental health, air pollution, climate change, health effects of pollution
- MeSH terms
- Noncommunicable Diseases, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Air Pollutants, Child, Child, Preschool, Chronic Disease, Conservation of Natural Resources, Environmental Health, Environmental Pollution, Female, Health Policy, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, International Cooperation, Male, Middle Aged, Poverty, Residence Characteristics, Soil Pollutants, Water Pollutants, Global Health, World Health Organization, Occupational Health, Cost of Illness, Age Distribution, Health Status Disparities, Young Adult, Mortality, Premature
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