Associations between metal constituents of ambient particulate matter and mortality in England: an ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate long-term associations between metal components of particulate matter (PM) and mortality and lung cancer incidence.

Design

Small area (ecological) study.

Setting

Population living in all wards (~9000 individuals per ward) in the London and Oxford area of England, comprising 13.6 million individuals.

Exposure and outcome measures

We used land use regression models originally used in the Transport related Air Pollution and Health Impacts-Integrated Methodologies for Assessing Particulate Matter study to estimate exposure to copper, iron and zinc in ambient air PM. We examined associations of metal exposure with Office for National Statistics mortality data from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and respiratory causes and with lung cancer inci

SUBMITTER: Lavigne A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924721 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature