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The likelihood of being unusually severely affected by air pollutants either as a result of susceptibility to the effects of these substances or as a result of a greater than average exposure. "Susceptibility" is thus seen as a subset of "vulnerability".
[SOURCE: WHO for Europe. Health aspect of air pollution – answer to follow-up questions from CAFE. Report on a WHO working group meeting Bonn, Germany, 15-16 January 2004.]
