Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Respiratory, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Mortality in Older US Adults

The impact of chronic exposure to fine particulate matter (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 μm (PM2.5)) on respiratory disease and lung cancer mortality is poorly understood. In a cohort of 18.9 million Medicare beneficiaries (4.2 million deaths) living acros...

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Published in:	American journal of epidemiology Vol. 186; no. 8; p. 961
Main Authors:	Pun, Vivian C, Kazemiparkouhi, Fatemeh, Manjourides, Justin, Suh, Helen H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 15.10.2017
Subjects:	Aged Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Environmental Exposure - adverse effects Environmental Exposure - analysis Female Humans Lung Neoplasms - mortality Male Neoplasms - mortality Particulate Matter - adverse effects Pneumonia - mortality Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - mortality Respiratory Tract Diseases - mortality United States - epidemiology particulate matter PM2.5 lung cancer mortality air pollution chronic exposure fine particles cardiovascular disease mortality respiratory disease mortality
ISSN:	1476-6256, 1476-6256
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