Associations between Coarse Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Nationwide Analysis in 272 Chinese Cities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coarse particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter between 2.5 and [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]) air pollution is a severe environmental problem in developing countries, but its challenges to public health were rarely evaluated.

Objective

We aimed to investigate the associations between day-to-day changes in [Formula: see text] and cause-specific mortality in China.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide daily time-series analysis in 272 main Chinese cities from 2013 to 2015. The associations between [Formula: see text] concentrations and mortality were analyzed in each city using overdispersed generalized additive models. Two-stage Bayesian hierarchical models were used to estimate national and regional average associations, and random-effect model

SUBMITTER: Chen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6378682 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature