Concentration-response to PM2.5
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Scope
Concentration-response to PM2.5 describes the quantitative dose-response relationships between outdoor air PM2.5 concentration and mortality due to cardio-pulmonary, lung cancer and other non-accidental causes.
Definition
Name
Dose-response coefficient relating outdoor air PM2.5 concentration and mortality due to cardio-pulmonary, lung cancer and other non-accidental causes.
Causality
List of parents:
- None
Data
List of data files or sources:
Formula
The model randomly samples between the effect estimates provided by the two studies. See File:Gasbus model 01.ANA.
Unit
m3/μg
Result
These coefficients are defined as distributions around estimates of central tendency for each cause of death.
References
- ↑ Dockery, D. W., Pope, C. A., III, Xu, X., Spengler, J. D., Ware, J. H., Fay, M. E., Ferris, B. G., Jr., & Speizer F. E. (1993). An association between air pollution and mortality in six U.S. cities. The New England Journal of Medicine, 329(24), 1753-1759
- ↑ Pope, C. A. III, Burnett, R. T., Thun, M. J., Calle, E. E., Krewski, D., Ito, K., & Thurston, G. D. (2002). Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmory Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 287(9), 1132-1141
