Mortality Risk and Fine Particulate Air Pollution in a Large, Representative Cohort of U.S. Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence indicates that air pollution contributes to cardiopulmonary mortality. There is ongoing debate regarding the size and shape of the pollution–mortality exposure–response relationship. There are also growing appeals for estimates of pollution–mortality relationships that use public data and are based on large, representative study cohorts.

Objectives

Our goal was to evaluate fine particulate matter air pollution ([Formula: see text]) and mortality using a large cohort that is representative of the U.S. population and is based on public data. Additional objectives included exploring model sensitivity, evaluating relative effects across selected subgroups, and assessing the shape of the [Formula: see text]–mortality relationship.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Pope CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6792459 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature