The importance of investigating temporal variability in short-term effects of air pollution on mortality at the local level: a 12-year study in a high-risk Italian area.

BMC Public Health · 2026 · PMC13170297 · PMID 41928157

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Although we observed a decreasing trend in air pollution concentrations, consistent with trends reported in other regions [ 19 – 24 ], health effects did not decrease accordingly.

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