Spatial analysis of air pollution and mortality in Los Angeles

• Published in: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 16; no. 6; p. 727
• Main Authors: Jerrett, Michael, Burnett, Richard T, Ma, Renjun, Pope, 3rd, C Arden, Krewski, Daniel, Newbold, K Bruce, Thurston, George, Shi, Yuanli, Finkelstein, Norm, Calle, Eugenia E, Thun, Michael J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2005
• Subjects: Air Pollution - adverse effects; Cause of Death; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Environmental Monitoring; Epidemiological Monitoring; Humans; Los Angeles - epidemiology; Mortality - trends; Particle Size; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk Assessment; Small-Area Analysis; Los Angeles

The assessment of air pollution exposure using only community average concentrations may lead to measurement error that lowers estimates of the health burden attributable to poor air quality. To test this hypothesis, we modeled the association between air pollution and mortality using small-area exp...