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Decline in Mortality Linked to Reduced Pollutant Exposure
In winter 1974 a gasoline shortage and lower vehicle use coincided with a sharp drop in deaths in two California counties. San Francisco and Alameda counties saw notable declines in chronic lung and cardiovascular deaths, suggesting reduced vehicular pollutants as a key factor, per Nature.
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New York
California
Nature
San Francisco
Alameda County
Stephen M. Brown
University of California School of Public Health
Berkeley
Brown
Michael G. Marmot
Susan T. Sacks
Linda W. Kwok