Ozone exposure and cardiovascular-related mortality in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CANCHEC) by spatial synoptic classification zone

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 214; pp. 589 - 599
• Main Authors: Cakmak, Sabit, Hebbern, Chris, Vanos, Jennifer, Crouse, Dan L., Burnett, Rick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollutants - toxicity; Air pollution; Air Pollution - analysis; Canada; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Censuses; cerebrovascular disorders; chronic exposure; Climate; Climate zones; death; Environmental Exposure; Environmental health; Female; Humans; Male; Mortality; myocardial ischemia; ozone; Ozone - analysis; Ozone - toxicity; Particulate Matter - analysis; particulates; Proportional Hazards Models; risk; Socioeconomic Factors; Time Factors; Weather; ANW, Canada; Canada; Air pollution; Cardiovascular; Climate zones; Mortality; Environmental health

Our objective is to analyse the association between long term ozone exposure and cardiovascular related mortality while accounting for climate, location, and socioeconomic factors. We assigned subjects with 16 years of follow-up in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) to one o...