Estimated Acute Effects of Ozone on Mortality in a Rural District of Beijing, China, 2005⁻2013: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study.

ABSTRACT: Studies have shown that ozone (O₃) has adverse impacts on human health. In China, O₃ levels have continued to increase since 2010. When compared to the large number of studies concerning the health effects of PM2.5 in China, there have been limited explorations of the effects of O₃. The Beijing region has one of the highest O₃ concentrations in the country, but there appear to be no published studies regarding the health effects of O₃ in Beijing. In this study, we applied a time-stratified case-crossover design to explore the effects of O₃ on cause-specific mortality for a rural location near Beijing over the period 2005⁻2013. For year-round effects, we found that for all-causes mortality, with a 10-unit increase in O₃ concentration, the odds ratios (ORs) were in the range of 1.009⁻1.020 f

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266742 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature