"Now we can say that not only having these medical conditions or being elderly or being overweight is a risk, but also living in an area where you have a lot of multi-family buildings, living in an area with higher particulate matter in the air, are independent risk factors," explains Dr. Sarah Rowan, an expert on public health who is one of the authors of the CU Denver study.
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