The temporal pattern of respiratory and heart disease mortality in response to air pollution.(Research)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Anderson, Ross H.; Bobros, Janos; Celko, Martin; Forsberg, Bertil; Goren, Ayana; Gryparis, Alexandros; Hoyos, Santiago Perez; Katsouyanni, Klea; Le Tertre, Alain; Michelozzi, Paola; Peacock, Janet; Rabczenko, Daniel; Samoli, Evi; Schwartz, Joel; Touloumi, Gioti; Wichmann, H. Erich; Zanobetti, Antonella | Copyright information

Short-term changes in ambient particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters < 10 lam (PM]o) have been associated with short-term fluctuations in mortality or morbidity in many studies. In this study, we tested whether those deaths are just advanced by a few days or weeks using a multicity hierarchical modeling approach for all-cause, respiratory, and cardiovascular deaths, for all ages and stratifying by age groups, within the APHEA-2 (Air Pollution and Health: A European Approach)...

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