excess deaths from air pollution

The strongest evidence that high pollution levels can accelerate mortality came from the Great London Fog of 1952. [1] This association was confirmed by experimental evidence:
Do you know or have you heard of anyone killed by air pollution? Is there an International Classification of Disease Code for air pollution?
During London’s Great Smog, daily deaths rose by an order of magnitude and continued for about two weeks once the skies cleared.
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