Assignment 1 - Air pollution in a changing world”

  You are an Epidemiologist in a tertiary institution and have been asked to speak at a conference for Environmental Health Practitioners in your local community. The theme of this year’s conference is “Air pollution in a changing world”, and you have been tasked to highlight the “health effects of air pollution” to the conference participants. In a maximum of 1500 words, please address the following: 1. Write a research question using the task that you were given by the conference organisers (Be specific with your question). 2. Conduct a systematic review of the literature based on your research question, and the task provided using the following subheadings: i. Describe the search strategy – use at least two citation databases ii. Summarize the results of the studies found iii. Is there any plausible biological mechanism in the research question? iv. Identify and comment on gaps in the evidence and propose a pathway for further research Important information ? This assignment has a word limit of 1500 words