Respiratory diseases, racial disparities, and residential proximity to coal power plants in Wisconsin, USA: a cross-sectional study

The burning of fossil fuels, including coal, is the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions driving anthropogenic climate change and its associated health harms: heat-related illnesses, arboviral diseases, trauma from extreme weather events, allergies, and chronic disease exacerbations. Coal-fire...

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