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Megacity : A Reservoir Of Toxic Environmental Contaminants And Health Disease Burden, Omosehin Daniel Moyebi
Megacity : A Reservoir Of Toxic Environmental Contaminants And Health Disease Burden, Omosehin Daniel Moyebi
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Ambient air pollution is a global environmental problem of concern with more than 95% of the world population living in areas with unhealthy air. World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 stated that air pollution is a principal environmental risk to human health with about 7 million premature air pollution-related deaths annually. Several epidemiological studies have linked morbidity due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) to ambient air pollution exposure, especially in North America and Europe. However, the effect of air pollution in Karachi, Pakistan is understudied, which is the case for many urban centers in the developing countries. Karachi is a megacity …