Changes in exposure to ambient fine particulate matter after relocating and long term survival in Canada: quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between changes in long term residential exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and premature mortality in Canada.

Design

Population based quasi-experimental study.

Setting

Canada.

Participants

663 100 respondents to the 1996, 2001, and 2006 Canadian censuses aged 25-89 years who had consistently lived in areas with either high or low PM_2.5 levels over five years preceding census day and moved during the ensuing five years.

Interventions

Changes in long term exposure to PM_2.5 arising from residential mobility.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was deaths from natural causes. Secondary outcomes were deaths from any cardiometabolic cause, any respiratory c

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8498990 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature