Personal strategies to mitigate the effects of air pollution exposure during sport and exercise

Personal strategies to mitigate the effects of air pollution exposure during sport and exercise: a narrative review and position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology

Andy Hung1, Sarah Koch2,3,4, Valérie Bougault5, Cameron M Gee6,7, Rômulo Bertuzzi8, Malindi Elmore7, Paddy McCluskey7,9, Laura Hidalgo López2,3,4, Judith Garcia-Aymerich2,3,4, Michael S Koehle1, 9,10

1. School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2. Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

3. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

4. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

5. Laboratoire Motricité Humaine Expertise Sport Santé, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

6. International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

7. Athletics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

8. Endurance Performance Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

9. Canadian Sport Institute – Pacific, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

10. Division of Sport & Exercise Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Correspondence Dr Michael S Koehle, The University of British Columbia, Chan Gunn Pavilion, 2553 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3; michael.koehle@ubc.ca

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