Authors
Cong Liu, Renjie Chen, Francesco Sera, Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Yuming Guo, Shilu Tong, Micheline SZS Coelho, Paulo HN Saldiva, Eric Lavigne, Patricia Matus, Nicolas Valdes Ortega, Samuel Osorio Garcia, Mathilde Pascal, Massimo Stafoggia, Matteo Scortichini, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Magali Hurtado-Díaz, Julio Cruz, Baltazar Nunes, João P Teixeira, Ho Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Martina S Ragettli, Yue-Leon Guo, Bing-Yu Chen, Michelle L Bell, Caradee Y Wright, Noah Scovronick, Rebecca M Garland, Ai Milojevic, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Ene Indermitte, Jouni JK Jaakkola, Niilo RI Ryti, Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Jianmin Chen, Tangchun Wu, Aaron Cohen, Antonio Gasparrini, Haidong Kan
Publication date
2019/8/22
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
381
Issue
8
Pages
705-715
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Description
Background
The systematic evaluation of the results of time-series studies of air pollution is challenged by differences in model specification and publication bias.
Methods
We evaluated the associations of inhalable particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 μm or less (PM10) and fine PM with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 μm or less (PM2.5) with daily all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality across multiple countries or regions. Daily data on mortality and air pollution were collected from 652 cities in 24 countries or regions. We used overdispersed generalized additive models with random-effects meta-analysis to investigate the associations. Two-pollutant models were fitted to test the robustness of the associations. Concentration–response curves from each city were pooled to allow global estimates to be derived.
Results
On average, an increase of 10 μg per cubic meter in the 2 …
Scholar articles
C Liu, R Chen, F Sera, AM Vicedo-Cabrera, Y Guo… - New England Journal of Medicine, 2019