Air Pollution and Causes of Death

Air pollution and causes of death.

This paper describes a study of the relationship between indices of air pollution and respiratory and other causes of death in the large towns of England and Wales.* Although there are now well over a thousand instruments measuring air pollution in one way or another in England and Wales, grave difficulties are involved in using their results to measure the average exposure to pollution experie...

Air Pollution: Causes, Sources and Abatement

Air Pollution: Causes, Sources and Abatement

Air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome.

BACKGROUND Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) affects approximately 1 in 1000 live births and is the most common cause of infant death after the perinatal period. OBJECTIVE To determine the influence of air pollution on the incidence of SIDS. METHODS Time-series analyses were performed to compare the daily mortality rates for SIDS and the daily air pollution concentrations in each of 12 Ca...

Air Pollution and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Background. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) affects 1 in 1000 live births and is the most common cause of infant death after the perinatal period. Objective. To determine the influence of air pollution on the incidence of SIDS. Methods. Time-series analyses were performed to compare the daily mortality rates for SIDS and the daily air pollution concentrations in each of 12 Canadian cities d...