The importance of identifying at-risk populations to air pollution exposures and quantifying risks in populations with multiple risk factors

This editorial covers the importance of examining at-risk populations and multiple stressors with air pollution exposures and health outcomes, and highlights interventions that informed clinicians could present to their patients. 

Impact/Purpose

Editorial in response to a peer review of the following article:  Jordan Aron, Arianne K. Baldomero, Austin Rau, Mark B. Fiecas, Christine H. Wendt, Jesse D. Berman, 2024, Individual Risk Factors of PM Associated With Wintertime Mortality in Urban Patients With COPD, CHEST, Volume 165, Issue 4, Pages 825-835, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.10.016. 

Citation

Rappazzo, K., T. Luben, AND W. Cascio. The importance of identifying at-risk populations to air pollution exposures and quantifying risks in populations with multiple risk factors. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, 165(4):757-758, (2024). [DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.11.021]

DOI: The importance of identifying at-risk populations to air pollution exposures and quantifying risks in populations with multiple risk factors