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ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2017

'Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution' - a call for action.

Stephen T Holgate

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Article in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07500948 (Effectiveness of Pollution Monitoring in Clinical Exercise Rehabilitation), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07500948 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of Pollution Monitoring in Clinical Exercise Rehabilitation (EPIC-AIR)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of LeicesterRan2026 to 2027Enrolled80ConditionsCardiovascular Disease, Asthma, COPDArmsProgressive Walking Exercise Programme
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Bridging Rare to Common Diseases: Precision Medicine and the Transforming Landscape of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2026
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  7. Air Pollution and Skin Diseases.Annals of dermatology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Stephen T HolgateFaculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400473Medical Research Council G0800766Medical Research Council G19/34
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution has become one of the major risks to human health because of the progressive increase in the use of vehicles powered by fossil fuels. While the risks of air pollution to health were thought to have been brought under control by the Clean Air Acts of the 1950s and 1960s, the situation of air pollution in the UK has now deteriorated to a point where it is contributing to 40,000 excess deaths each year. Here the findings of the RCP/RCPCH's 2015/16 Working Party on Air Pollution and Health are described and what actions now need to be taken. The UK needs to take a lead and introduce a new Clean Air Act that deals with the vehicle sources of pollution recognising that the toxic particles and gases emitted are effecting individuals from conception to death. This mandates urgent action by government both central and local, but also by all of us who have now become so dependent on road transport.

Indexed as

Air PollutionEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental MonitoringHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansRiskUnited KingdomAir pollutionClean Air Acthealth effectslifecourseoutdoor and indoortraffic

Identifiers

PMID28148571
PMCPMC6297602

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