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Air Pollution and Mortality in the Medicare Population

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ID23330834
AuthorsQian Di (0000-0002-1584-4770, From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Yan Wang (0009-0009-9633-0023, From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Antonella Zanobetti (0000-0001-8170-4736, From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Yun Wang (0009-0006-5841-3627, From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Petros Koutrakis (0000-0003-4118-6473, From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Christine Choirat (0000-0002-3745-9718, From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Francesca Dominici (0000-0002-9382-0141, From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Joel D Schwartz (From the Departments of Environmental Health (Q.D., Yan Wang, A.Z., P.K., J.D.S.) and Biostatistics (Yun Wang, C.C., F.D.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.), Joel Schwartz (0000-0001-6168-378X, Harvard University)
Year2017
Volume376
Issue26
Pages2513-2522
Publication date2017-06-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew England Journal of Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0028-4793 • E-ISSN: 1533-4406
PublisherMassachusetts Medical Society (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1056/nejmoa1702747
PMID28657878
OpenAlexW2725857760
LanguageEN
Citations received102
References cited31

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that long-term exposure to air pollution increases mortality. However, evidence is limited for air-pollution levels below the most recent National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Previous studies involved predominantly urban populations and did not have the statistical power to estimate the health effects in underrepresented groups. METHODS: and 10 parts per billion (ppb) for ozone using a two-pollutant Cox proportional-hazards model that controlled for demographic characteristics, Medicaid eligibility, and area-level covariates. RESULTS: , the risk of death among men, blacks, and people with Medicaid eligibility was higher than that in the rest of the population. CONCLUSIONS: and ozone at concentrations below current national standards. This effect was most pronounced among self-identified racial minorities and people with low income. (Supported by the Health Effects Institute and others.).

Air pollution · Air quality index · Environmental health · Geography · Meteorology · Population · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging · Medicine · Pollution

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