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Study is first to show that air pollutants increase risk of painful periods for women

Frontiers

A new epidemiological study by the open access publisher Frontiers is the first to show that the risk of developing dysmenorrhea increases by more than 30 times for women and girls who are exposed long-term to air pollutants such as carbon and nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter. µm in diameter (‘PM2.5’)