Individual and joint associations of long-term exposure to air pollutants and cardiopulmonary mortality: a 22-year cohort study in Northern China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence on the associations between long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants and cardiopulmonary mortality is limited, especially for developing regions with higher pollutant levels. We aimed to characterise the individual and joint (multi-pollutant) associations of long-term exposure to air pollutants with cardiopulmonary mortality, and to identify air pollutant that primarily contributes to the mortality risk.

Methods

We followed 37,442 participants with a mean age of 43.5 years in four cities in northern China (Tianjin, Shenyang, Taiyuan, and Rizhao) from January 1998 to December 2019. Annual particulate matter (PM) with diameters ≤2.5 μm (PM_2.5), ≤10 μm (PM₁₀), sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) we

SUBMITTER: Huang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10398602 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature