Burden of Cause-Specific Mortality Associated With PM2.5 Air Pollution in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is associated with increased risk of several causes of death. However, epidemiologic evidence suggests that current knowledge does not comprehensively capture all causes of death associated with PM2.5 exposure.

Objective

To systematically identify causes of death associated with PM2.5 pollution and estimate the burden of death for each cause in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

In a cohort study of US veterans followed up between 2006 and 2016, ensemble modeling was used to identify and characterize morphology of the association between PM2.5 and causes of death. Burden of death associated with PM2.5 exposure in the contiguous United States and for each state was then estimated by appl

SUBMITTER: Bowe B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902821 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature