Particulate Matter and Premature Mortality: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: We present a systematic review of studies assessing the association between ambient particulate matter (PM) and premature mortality and the results of a Bayesian hierarchical meta-analysis while accounting for population differences of the included studies. The review protocol was registered in the PROSPERO systematic review registry. Medline, CINAHL and Global Health databases were systematically searched. Bayesian hierarchical meta-analysis was conducted using a non-informative prior to assess whether the regression coefficients differed across observations due to the heterogeneity among studies. We identified 3248 records for title and abstract review, of which 309 underwent full text screening. Thirty-six studies were included, based on the inclusion criteria. Most of the studies were

SUBMITTER: Waidyatillake NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8303514 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature