Higher air pollution days trigger cardiac arrests and hospitalisations, says Kings College research

Hundreds of children and adults are suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrests or being sent to hospital for strokes or severe asthma attacks on days when air pollution levels are higher in nine major cities across England.

New data from nine cities released by King’s College London and UK100, a network of local leaders, shows that higher air pollution days trigger an additional 124 out-of hospital cardiac arrests, 231 hospitalisations for stroke and 193 children and adults hospitalised...

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