Ambient air pollution and mortality: The role of socioeconomic conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a vast body of literature covering the association between air pollution exposure and nonaccidental mortality. However, the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in this relationship is still not fully understood.

Objectives

We investigated if individual and contextual SES modified the relationship between short-term exposure to ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <10 µm (PM₁₀) on cardiovascular, respiratory, and all nonaccidental mortality.

Methods

We conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study. Analyses were based on information on 280,685 deaths from 2011 to 2015 in the city of São Paulo. Education was used as an individual SES, and information on the district of

SUBMITTER: do Nascimento FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11008627 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature