Fine Particles and Mortality

Fine particles and mortality.

In an interesting paper in a recent issue (vol 17, issue 14) of the journal, Enstrom examined the association between fine particulate matter (PM) pollution and mortality in a cohort of elderly Californians. The analyses used proportional hazards regression and after adjusting for age, sex, cigarette smoking, and other potential confounders, Enstrom concluded, “These epidemiologic results do no...

Spatial association between speciated fine particles and mortality.

Particulate matter (PM) has been linked to a range of serious cardiovascular and respiratory health problems, including premature mortality. The main objective of our research is to quantify uncertainties about the impacts of fine PM exposure on mortality. We develop a multivariate spatial regression model for the estimation of the risk of mortality associated with fine PM and its components ac...

Chronic Exposure to Fine Particles and Mortality: An Extended

Fine particles and lung cancer.

A lmost five decades have elapsed since the effect of the so-called ‘‘urban factor’’ on lung cancer has been suggested. Air pollution has always been an attractive explanation for the 10–40% increase in lung cancer mortality observed in urban versus rural areas, but confounding from smoking and other factors has been a great limitation in interpreting geographical comparisons. Several attempts ...

Megacity fine particles origin

This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in ACP if available. Abstract A detailed characterization of air quality in Paris (France), a megacity of more than 10 million inhabitants, during two one month intensive campaigns and from additional one year observations, revealed that about 70 ...