Short-term association between ambient air pollution and cardio-respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several epidemiological studies have reported associations between ambient air pollution and mortality. However, relatively few studies have investigated this relationship in Brazil using individual-level data.

Objectives

To estimate the short-term association between exposure to particulate matter <10 μm (PM10) and ozone (O3), and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 2012 and 2017.

Methods

We used a time-stratified case-crossover study design with individual-level mortality data. Our sample included 76,798 deaths from cardiovascular diseases and 36,071 deaths from respiratory diseases. Individual exposure to air pollutants was estimated by the inverse distance weighting method. We used data from seven monitoring stati

SUBMITTER: Cortes TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934392 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature