Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution and Mortality in California

• Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 188; no. 5; pp. 593 - 599
• Main Authors: Jerrett, Michael, Burnett, Richard T., Beckerman, Bernardo S., Turner, Michelle C., Krewski, Daniel, Thurston, George, Martin, Randall V., van Donkelaar, Aaron, Hughes, Edward, Shi, Yuanli, Gapstur, Susan M., Thun, Michael J., Pope, C. Arden
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY American Thoracic Society 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; California - epidemiology; Cancer; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Land use; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen Dioxide - adverse effects; Outdoor air quality; Ozone - adverse effects; Particulate Matter - adverse effects; Pneumology; Pollutants; Postal codes; Proportional Hazards Models; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Regression Analysis; Risk Factors; Survival Analysis; California; United States; North America; America; Los Angeles California; United States > US; Intensive care; Prognosis; Respiratory disease; Mortality; Spatial analysis; survival analyses; Epidemiology; Survival; GIS; Health and environment; Geographic information system; spatial analyses; Air pollution; Resuscitation; Public health

Although substantial scientific evidence suggests that chronic exposure to ambient air pollution contributes to premature mortality, uncertainties exist in the size and consistency of this association. Uncertainty may arise from inaccurate exposure assessment. To assess the associations of three typ...