Acute and chronic effects of particles on hospital admissions in New-England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have reported significant associations between exposure to PM(2.5) and hospital admissions, but all have focused on the effects of short-term exposure. In addition all these studies have relied on a limited number of PM(2.5) monitors in their study regions, which introduces exposure error, and excludes rural and suburban populations from locations in which monitors are not available, reducing generalizability and potentially creating selection bias.

Methods

Using our novel prediction models for exposure combining land use regression with physical measurements (satellite aerosol optical depth) we investigated both the long and short term effects of PM(2.5) exposures on hospital admissions across New-England for all residents aged 65 and older. We perfo

SUBMITTER: Kloog I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328473 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature