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Health impact assessment of air pollution in Canada: Recent findings on mortality, morbidity, and monetized costs
September 28, 2023
Abstract Health Canada, in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada, recently completed a health impact assessment (health burden analysis) that quantified the mortality, morbidity,…
[ARCHIVED] Adverse Cardiovascular Health Effects of Exposure to Short-Term Air Pollution
March 22, 2008
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Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Perinatal Health
April 1, 2014
The period between conception and early childhood when vital organs are forming and rapidly developing is the most vulnerable of life stages to the effects of toxic environment exposures, including…
Reducing cardiovascular health impacts from traffic-related noise and air pollution: intervention strategies
August 26, 2013
Recent studies suggest that exposure to both traffic-related air pollution (TrAP) and to road traffic noise (RTN) are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). While the exact…
Cardiovascular Health, Traffic-related Air Pollution and Noise: Are associations mutually confounded? A systematic review
July 14, 2013
This review assessed the confounding effect of one traffic-related exposure (noise or air pollutants) on the association between the other exposure and cardiovascular outcomes. A systematic review…
[ARCHIVED] Introduction to air quality advisories
June 15, 2010
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Crematoria emissions and air quality impacts
March 24, 2020
Primary inquiry A municipality received an application from a funeral home to install a cremator within their facility. Objections were received from nearby residents who were concerned about…
[ARCHIVED] Air Quality Assessment Tools: A Guide for Public Health Practitioners
December 14, 2011
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Crematoria and air quality fact sheet
March 30, 2020
In Canada, preference for cremation is increasing. The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) estimates that about 80% of human remains in Canada will be cremated by 2020. The increased…
[ARCHIVED] Minimizing Children’s Non-residential Exposure to Traffic-related Pollution
August 16, 2010
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