An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities

Abstract

Although the effects of other, unmeasured risk factors cannot be excluded with certainty, these results suggest that fine-particulate air pollution, or a more complex pollution mixture associated with fine particulate matter, contributes to excess mortality in certain U.S. cities.

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Air pollutionEnvironmental healthMedicineParticulatesMortality rateConfidence intervalProportional hazards modelPopulationParticulate pollutionCohort studyPollutionDemographySurgeryInternal medicine

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 329
Issue: 24
Pages: 1753-1759
Citations: 8055
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                                    Douglas W. Dockery, 
                                
                                    C. Arden Pope, 
                                
                                    Xiping Xu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 329
                            (24)
                            , 1753-1759.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199312093292401
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199312093292401