Cardio-environmental model of cardiovascular disease risk (IMAGE)

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Cardio-environmental model of cardiovascular disease risk

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The authors illustrate how air pollution, hyperprocessed foods, the amount of green space, and population activity levels are now considered the four major environmental determinants of cardiovascular health and provide a framework for how these considerations might be incorporated into clinical risk assessment.

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Canadian Journal of Cardiology

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