Updated Global Estimates of Respiratory Mortality in Adults ≥30Years of Age Attributable to Long-Term Ozone Exposure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relative risk estimates for long-term ozone (O₃) exposure and respiratory mortality from the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II (ACS CPS-II) cohort have been used to estimate global O₃-attributable mortality in adults. Updated relative risk estimates are now available for the same cohort based on an expanded study population with longer follow-up.

Objectives

We estimated the global burden and spatial distribution of respiratory mortality attributable to long-term O₃ exposure in adults ≥30y of age using updated effect estimates from the ACS CPS-II cohort.

Methods

We used GEOS-Chem simulations (2×2.5º grid resolution) to estimate annual O₃ exposures, and estimated total respiratory deaths in 2010 tha

SUBMITTER: Malley CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880233 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature