Exercise can be harmful in urban areas

5,500 participants died before 2010, and the researchers observed about 20 percent fewer deaths among those who exercised than among those who didn't exercise, even for those who lived in the most polluted areas, in central Copenhagen and Aarhus, or close to busy roads and highways.

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