Air pollution and cardiovascular mortality with over 25years follow-up: A combined analysis of two British cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse effects of air pollution on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality are well established. There are comparatively fewer studies in Europe, and in the UK particularly, than in North America. We examined associations in two British cohorts with >25years of follow-up.

Methods

Annual average NO₂, SO₂ and black smoke (BS) air pollution exposure estimates for 1991 were obtained from land use regression models using contemporaneous monitoring data. From the European Study of Cohorts and Air Pollution (ESCAPE), air pollution estimates in 2010-11 were obtained for NO₂, NO_x, PM₁₀, PM_coarse and PM_2.5. The exposure estimates were assigned to place of residence 1989 for participants in a nation

SUBMITTER: Dehbi HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5292102 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature